asseveration

[ uh-sev-uh-rey-shuhn ]

/ əˌsɛv əˈreɪ ʃən /

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noun

the act of asseverating.

an emphatic assertion.

Origin of asseveration

First recorded in 1550–60, asseveration is from the Latin word assevērātiōn- (stem of assevērātiō). See asseverate, -ion

OTHER WORDS FROM asseveration

as·sev·er·a·tive

[uh-sev-uh-rey-tiv, -er-uh-tiv], /əˈsɛv əˌreɪ tɪv, -ər ə tɪv/, as·sev·er·a·to·ry

[uh-sev-er-uh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee], /əˈsɛv ər əˌtɔr i, -ˌtoʊr i/, adjectiveas·sev·er·a·tive·ly, adverb

Words nearby asseveration

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Example sentences from the Web for asseveration

He was threatened with an arrest, but persisted in his asseveration that he would obey the judge's order.
The American Quarterly Review, No. 17, March 1831|Various
We cannot say if absolute faith is to be put in this asseveration; but it is possible.
The Town|Leigh Hunt
It was impossible to persuade him that such an asseveration could be false.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 5, No. 28, February, 1860|Various
This asseveration of Theseus shews that he thought Ariadne immeasurably credulous.
Chaucer's Works, Volume 3 (of 7)|Geoffrey Chaucer

We may also compare the phrase good deed in Winters Tale (i. 2)a species of asseveration, as in very deed.
Folk-lore of Shakespeare|Thomas Firminger Thiselton-Dyer