What does asseverate mean?
Asseverate means (transitive) To assert earnestly, seriously, and confidently.
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/əˈsɛvəɹeɪt/ · verb
(transitive) To assert earnestly, seriously, and confidently.
Whereas Your Maiesty hath received true information of great sums of Money endeavoured to be borrowed of Your City of London, by directions proceeding from both Houses of Parliament […] (I Your Maiesties faithfull Subiect) doe conceive, and dare asseverate, that it is intended upon no other pretence then for the Honour and defence of Your Maiesty,
I will myself asseverate and bind it by an Oath, that the Muff thou bearest in thy Hand belonged unto Madam Sophia;
“And I presume you can also asseverate to his worship, that no man is better qualified than I am to bear testimony in this case, seeing that I was by you, and near you, constantly during the whole occurrence?”
The more I laughed at such theories, the more these stubborn friends asseverated them; adding that even without the heritage of legend the recent reports were too clear, consistent, detailed, and sanely prosaic in manner of telling, to be completely ignored.
A time would come, Mr. Secombe-Hughes mysteriously asseverated, when all would be well and she would get her money.
Use asseverate when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Asseverate means (transitive) To assert earnestly, seriously, and confidently.
Common synonyms include assert, maintain.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Whereas Your Maiesty hath received true information of great sums of Money endeavoured to be borrowed of Your City of London, by directions proceeding from both Houses of Parliament […] (I Your Maiesties faithfull Subiect) doe conceive, and dare asseverate, that it is intended upon no other pretence then for the Honour and defence of Your Maiesty,
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