† asseverancen.
Obsolete. rare.
An asseveration.
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the mind > language > statement > assertion or affirmation > [noun] > an assertion, affirmation, or positive declaration
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1574 J. Whitgift Def. Aunswere to Admon. i. 158 These bold asseeuerances in matters most vntrue, are so common.
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