asseveration
/əˌsɛv.əˈɹeɪ.ʃən/
əsɛv · ƏɹEꞮ · ʃən (3 syllables)
English
Noun
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Definition
An earnest affirmation; a declaration of support.
Etymology
From Latin assevērātiō, from assevērō.
Example Sentences
- "[…] no man is believ’d a jot the more for all the Aſſeverations, Damnings and Swearings he makes: […]"
- "Custom-houſe oaths and political oaths are but little regarded even by ſome who pretend to principles of honeſty and religion: and a Quaker’s aſſeveration is with us juſtly put upon the ſame footing with the oath of any other perſon."
- "[…] on all such occasions Mr. Grimwig plants, fishes, and carpenters with great ardour, doing everything in a very singular and unprecedented manner; but always maintaining, with his favourite asseveration, that his mode is the right one."
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