Crossword clues for asseverating
asseverating
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Asseverate \As*sev"er*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Asseverated; p. pr. & vb. n. Asseverating.] [L. asseveratus, p. p. of asseverare to assert seriously or earnestly; ad + severus. See Severe.] To affirm or aver positively, or with solemnity.
Syn: To affirm; aver; protest; declare. See Affirm.
Wiktionary
vb. (present participle of asseverate English)
Usage examples of "asseverating".
Could we see as cogent a motive for asseverating his guilt as we find for his insisting upon his innocence, we should lend as much credence to the one as to the other.
This libel on our national oath, and this accusation of all our countrymen of being in the daily practice of solemnly asseverating the most enormous falsehood, I fear deserves the notice of a more active Attorney General than that here alluded to.