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Definition: Aver |
AverVerb1. Report or maintain; "He alleged that he was the victim of a crime"; "He said it was too late to intervene in the war"; "The registrar says that I owe the school money". 2. To declare or affirm as true: "Before God I swear I am innocent.". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "aver" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references) |
Synonyms: AverSynonyms: affirm (v), allege (v), assert (v), avow (v), say (v), swan (v), swear (v). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Affirmation | Depose, depone, aver, avow, avouch, asseverate, swear; make oath, take one's oath; make an affidavit, swear an affidavit, put in an affidavit; take one's Bible oath, kiss the book, vow, vitam impendere vero; swear till one is black in the face, swear till one is blue in the face, swear till all's blue; be sworn, call Heaven to witness; vouch, warrant, certify, assure, swear by bell book and candle. |
Wealth | Amour fait beaucoup mais argent fait tout; aurea rumpunt tecta quietem; magna servitus ist magna fortuna; "mammon, the least erected spirit that fell from Heaven"; opum furiata cupido; vera prosperita e non aver necessita; wie gewonnen so zerronnen. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Aver |
| English words defined with "aver": Averred, Averring ♦ rail ♦ To assert one's self. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "aver": Bird in the hand ♦ INFALAPSARIAN ♦ Katerfelto ♦ Rosamond. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "aver": Averment ♦ Havior. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Aver" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. Italian (having), Occitan (have), Provencal (to have). |
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Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | INFALAPSARIAN, n. One who ventures to believe that Adam need not have sinned unless he had a mind to -- in opposition to the Supralapsarians, who hold that that luckless person's fall was decreed from the beginning. Infralapsarians are sometimes called Sublapsarians without material effect upon the importance and lucidity of their views about Adam. Two theologues once, as they wended their way To chapel, engaged in colloquial fray -- An earnest logomachy, bitter as gall, Concerning poor Adam and what made him fall. "'Twas Predestination," cried one -- "for the Lord Decreed he should fall of his own accord." "Not so -- 'twas Free will," the other maintained, "Which led him to choose what the Lord had ordained." So fierce and so fiery grew the debate That nothing but bloodshed their dudgeon could sate; So off flew their cassocks and caps to the ground And, moved by the spirit, their hands went round. Ere either had proved his theology right By winning, or even beginning, the fight, A gray old professor of Latin came by, A staff in his hand and a scowl in his eye, And learning the cause of their quarrel (for still As they clumsily sparred they disputed with skill Of foreordination freedom of will) Cried: "Sirrahs! this reasonless warfare compose: Atwixt ye's no difference worthy of blows. The sects ye belong to -- I'm ready to swear Ye wrongly interpret the names that they bear. You -- Infralapsarian son of a clown! -- Should only contend that Adam slipped down; While you -- you Supralapsarian pup! -- Should nothing aver but that Adam slipped up. It's all the same whether up or down You slip on a peel of banana brown. Even Adam analyzed not his blunder, But thought he had slipped on a peal of thunder! G.J. |
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George Washington | 1789-1797 | In this conflict of emotions all I dare aver is that it has been my faithful study to collect my duty from a just appreciation of every circumstance by which it might be affected. |
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| "Aver" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 45.45% of the time. "Aver" is used about 11 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 45.45% | 5 | 157,705 |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 36.36% | 4 | 175,879 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 9.09% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Noun (proper) | 9.09% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 11 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "aver" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Aver | Last name | 200 | 32,449 |
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Expression using "aver": vera prosperita e non aver necessita. Additional references. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
aver | 73 |
aver tv | 32 |
aver media | 29 |
aver dvd ez maker | 8 |
aver studio tv | 7 |
aver driver media | 5 |
aver media tv | 4 |
aver tv tuner | 3 |
aver tv usb | 3 |
aver key | 3 |
aver phone tv | 2 |
aver studio | 2 |
aver divx | 2 |
aver driver tv | 2 |
aver remote studio tuner tv tv | 2 |
aver mybenefitplan.com sharp | 2 |
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Albanian | pohoj (admit, affirm, allege, assert, avouch, avow, bear out, claim, confirm, have, maintain, predicate, protest, reassert). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | جزم (affirm, assert, assertion, assertiveness, asseverate, avouch, dogmatize, vouch), أكد (accentuate, affirm, assert, asseverate, assure, avouch, bear out, check up on, confirm, contend, corroborate, declare, double check, emphasize, predicate, proclaim, profess, protest, punctuate, show, substantiate, swear, underline, underscore, vouch, warrant), ثبت (affirm, anchor, assure, belay, belt, bend, bite, bolt, bolt on, brace, cable, catch, chock, confirm, corroborate, countersign, demonstrate, display, endure, establish, evince, fastening, fix, lash, last, pin down, plant, prove, reinforce, secure, set, spike, stabilize, stay, steady, stick, strengthen, substantiate, testify, validate, verify, warrant). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | твърдя (affirm, allege, argue, assert, avouch, charge, claim, maintain, predicate, profess), кранта (crock, hack, jade, nag, plug, rip, scalawag, scallywag, screw, skate), настоявам (insist, persist, press, represent, require, solicit), заявявам (affirm, allege, assert, avow, declare, enounce, maintain, predicate, proclaim, profess, protest, set out, state), дръглив кон (jade, moke), доказвам (argue, demonstrate, establish, evidence, evince, manifest, proclaim, prove, reason, show, substantiate, vindicate, witness). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | tvrdit (allege, allow, argue, assert, claim, predicate, represent, submit, sustain, urge). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | تصدیق کردن (Acknowledge, Admit, Affirm, Authenticate, Certify, Concede, Confirm, Establish, Grant, Justify, Recognize, Rubberstamp, Testify), ازروی یقین گفتن , اثبات کردن (Affirm, Assert, Corroborate, Prover), بحق دانستن , بطورقطع اظهارداشتن . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | affirmer (avouch), déclarer. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | beteuern (affirm, assert, asseverate, assure, declare, protest, reaffirm, reassure, to assure), behaupten (affirm, allege, argue, assert, assure, claim, contend, declare, defend, maintain, make out, predicate, pretend, pronounce, purport, state, to affirm, to argue, to assent, to claim, to claim kindred with someone, to suggest). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | βεβαιώ (assert, assure, avouch, predicate, vow), διαβεβαιώ, δηλώ (avouch, betoken, declare, denote, predicate, pronounce, signify). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | ל"עי" (affirm, attest, bear witness, give evidence, testify, vouch, warn, witness). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | igavonó ló, bizonyít (attest, demonstrate, evidence, evince, prove, testify, to argufy, to attest, to aver, to confirm, to demonstrate, to evidence, to evince, to infer, to make good, to prove, to purport, to set out, to substantiate), állít (affirm, allege, assert, claim, contend, declare, posit, represent, state, submit, to affirm, to allege, to assert, to asseverate, to aver, to claim, to contend, to corral, to line up, to parallel, to pillory, to predicate, to purport, to put in, to put up, to slant, to state, to submit, to suggest, to vow). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | asserire (affirm, allege, assert, contend, declare, insist, maintain, predicate, state), affermare (affirm, assent, assert, claim, impose oneself, maintain, make a name for oneself, say, say yes, state, to claim), dichiarare (adjudge, affirm, allege, avouch, bid, certify, declare, declare oneself, explain, profess, pronounce, protest, rule, state, to declare). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | breearey (maintain, pledge). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | averay afirmar (affirm, allege, assert, assure, avouch, claim, contend, declare, guarantee, have, lay down, pose, predicate, profess, pronounce, say, undertake, vie), declarar (adjudicate, allege, announce, annunciate, assert, certify, converse, declare, demonstrate, denounce, enounce, enunciate, intimate, invalidate, manifest, profess, pronounce, say, show, speak, state), comprovar (prove, testify, verify). (various references) afirma (affirm, allege, assert, avouch, claim, declare, hold, maintain, predicate, purport, remark, say, speak to, state, submit, undertake), sublinia (accent, accentuate, emphasize, italicize, punctuate, represent, score, stress, underline, underscore), dovedi (accomplish, argue, attest, authenticate, confirm, demonstrate, educe, establish, evidence, evince, furnish evidence of, make good, make out, manifest, overbear, prove, show, substantiate, verify, witness). (various references) утверждать (affirm, allege, approve, assert, asserting, asserts, asseverate, avouch, clench, clinch, confirm, contend that, endorsed by, insist, maintain, ratify). (various references) tvrdnja (assertion, averment, claim, contention, say so), tvrditi (allow, assert, asseverate, avouch, claim, contend, purport, submit, vouch), izjaviti (allege, assert, declare, outspeak, profess, utter), izjava (averment, declaration, pronouncement, statement, testimony, utterance). (various references) afirmar (affirm, assert, asseverate, attach, avouch, clamp, contend, declare, fasten, fortify, insure, lay down, predicate, say, tack down, tamp, tamp down, tamp in), verificarse (come off, happen, prove), establecer la prueba de, declarar de (allege, bid, profess). (various references) försäkra (affirm, assure, avouch, avow, ensure, indemnify, insure, re-assure, secure, underwrite), bestyrka (attest, bear out, confirm, corroborate, evidence, justify, prove), bestämt förklara. (various references) ยืนยันอย่างมั่นใจ. (various references) söylemek (affirm, air, apprise, assert, bade, bid, break, call, confess, couch, deliver, drop, enunciate, give voice to, hazard, impart, name, observe, order, pass, pronounce, remark, report, say, sing, sound, speak, speak of, spill, spit, spit out, state, tell, throw out, utter, voice, word), kanıtlamak (attest, attest to, be contented with, certify, demonstrate, document, establish, evidence, make smth. stick, prove, shore, show, stamp, stand, substantiate, support, verify), iddia etmek (affirm, allege, argue, argue for smth., assert, asseverate, attest, claim, contend, declare oneself, enunciate, press home, profess, protest, purport, put forth, put forward). (various references) стверджувати (affirm, allow), старий кінь, робочий кінь, твердити (affirm, allege, argue, assert, avouch, claim, depose, predicate, say), доводити (approve, argue, avouch, demonstrate, evidence, evince, make out, manifest, prove), домашня худоба (livestock). (various references) haeru (affirm, allege, assert, avouch), gwirio (affirm, attest, avouch, verify). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | ad-. (various references) |
| Old French | 900-1400 | averer. (various references) |
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Derivations | |
Words beginning with "aver": average, averaged, averagely, averageness, averagenesses, averages, averaging, averment, averments, averred, averring, avers, averse, aversely, averseness, aversenesses, aversion, aversions, aversive, aversively, aversiveness, aversivenesses, avert, averted, averting, averts. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "aver": beaver, behaver, bereaver, braver, cadaver, caver, claver, cleaver, craver, demisemiquaver, depraver, engraver, enslaver, graver, haver, heaver, hemidemisemiquaver, laver, leaver, lifesaver, misaver, misbehaver, palaver, paver, photoengraver, preaver, quaver, raver, reaver, saver, semiquaver, shaver, slaver, suaver, timesaver, upheaver, waver, weaver. (additional references) | |
Words containing "aver": antislaveries, antislavery, beaverboard, beaverboards, beavered, beavering, beavers, behavers, bereavers, braveries, bravers, bravery, cadaveric, cadaverine, cadaverines, cadaverous, cadaverously, cadavers, cavern, caverned, cavernicolous, caverning, cavernous, cavernously, caverns, cavers, clavered, clavering, clavers, cleavers, cravers, demisemiquavers, depravers, engravers, enslavers, extraversion, extraversions, extravert, extraverted, extraverts, gravers, havered, haverel, haverels, havering, havers, haversack, haversacks, heavers, hemidemisemiquavers, klavern. (additional references) | |
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"Aver" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: abeer, aber, abverb, aceer, ader, adve, adver, aer, aev, aevi, Aevs, afr, aher, aiver, aker, aler, alver, amer, amver, aner, anva, Anvar, anvir, aover, aqer, aqva, areer, arer, arev, aser, ater, auva, auve, avar, avare, Avarua, avary, avat, avay, avea, aveb, aved, avee, aveed, Aveen, aveer, aveir, Aveiro, avem, aven, aveo, averch, avere, averi, averr, avet, avex, avey, avhrr, avi, avib, avic, avier, avir, aviry, avix, Avneh, Avner, avoe, avoir, avor, avora, avox, avr, Avra, Avrel, avro, awer, axer, azer, davar, daver, dver, faver, faveur, fver, ivar, iver, i'ver, Ivere, ivre, ivver, Jarver, sver, taver, uve, vaer, vaor, varr, vayer, ver, verr. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "aver" (pronounced ā"ver) |
| 3 | ā" v er | braver, caver, craver, disfavor, engraver, Favor, Flavor, graver, Laver, paver, raver, saver, savor, shaver, waiver, waver. |
| 2 | -v er | achiever, antitakeover, beaver, believer, Bolivar, cabdriver, cadaver, caregiver, carryover, Carver, changeover, cleaver, clever, clover, cover, crossover, Culver, deliver, discover, dissolver, diver, downriver, driver, drover, endeavor, endeavour, ever, fervor, fever, forever, giver, Glover, griever, groover, handover, hangover, hardcover, haver, holdover, hover, however, layover, leaver, leftover, lever, lifesaver, liver, lover, makeover, maneuver, moreover, mover, never, nonbeliever, observer, outmaneuver, over, passover, preserver, pushover, quicksilver, quiver, Reaver, receiver, recover, rediscover, reliever, remover, retriever, revolver, river, rollover, screwdriver, server, sever, shiver, Shover, Shriver, silver, siver, skiver, sliver, solver, spillover, stiver, stopover, stover, survivor, takeover, turnover, uncover, underachiever, undercover, upriver, voiceover, weaver, whatever, whatsoever, whenever, wherever, whichever, whoever, whomever, whomsoever, whosoever, woodcarver. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: rave, vera. | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-r-v" | |
-1 letter: are, ave, ear, era, rev, var. | |
-2 letters: ae, ar, er, re. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-r-v" | |
+1 letter: aiver, avers, avert, brave, carve, caver, crave, drave, grave, haver, laver, parve, paver, raved, ravel, raven, raver, raves, reave, saver, trave, varve, velar, waver. | |
+2 letters: adverb, advert, aivers, arrive, averse, averts, avower, beaver, braved, braver, braves, carved, carvel, carven, carver, carves, cavern, cavers, claver, craved, craven, craver, craves, evader, garvey, graved, gravel, graven, graver, graves, greave, havers, heaver, jarvey, larvae, laveer, lavers, leaver, lekvar, marvel, naiver, pareve, pavers, quaver, ravage, ravels, ravens, ravers, ravine, reaved, reaver, reaves, reavow, regave, repave, revamp, reveal, rivage, salver, savers, serval, shaver, slaver, starve, suaver, tavern, thrave, travel, traves, vaguer, vainer, valuer, vamper, vanner, varied, varier, varies, varlet, varved, varves, vaster, vealer, velars, verbal, vernal, versal, waiver, wavers, wavery, wavier, weaver, wharve. | |
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