ASSEVERATE
Dictionary entry overview: What does asseverate mean? • ASSEVERATE (verb)
The verb ASSEVERATE has 1 sense:
1. state categorically
Familiarity information: ASSEVERATE used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• ASSEVERATE (verb)
Meaning:
State categorically
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Synonyms:
assert; asseverate; maintain
Hypernyms (to "asseverate" is one way to...):
insist; take a firm stand (be emphatic or resolute and refuse to budge)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "asseverate"):
allege; aver; say (report or maintain)
predicate; proclaim (affirm or declare as an attribute or quality of)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
Sentence example:
They asseverate that there was a traffic accident
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