aver
verbEtymology
From Middle English aver, avere (“workhorse; any beast of burden (?); things which are owned, possessions, property, wealth; state of being rich, wealth; ownership, possession”) [and other forms], and then either: * from Old French aver, aveir, avoir (“possession, property; (collectively) beasts of burden; domestic animals; cattle”) (modern French avoir (“asset, possession”)), from aveir, avoir (“to have”), from Latin habēre (“to have, hold; to have, own (possessions)”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰeh₁bʰ-, *ǵʰeh₁bʰ- (“to grab, take”); or * from Old English eafor (“workhorse; tenant’s obligation to transport goods”), further etymology uncertain.
- derived from *gʰeh₁bʰ-✻
- derived from habeō
- derived from aver
- inherited from aver
Definitions
To assert the truth of (something)
To assert the truth of (something); to affirm (something) with confidence; to declare (something) in a positive manner.
- A rare thing to ſee a yong man or woman, that liues idlely, and fares well, of what condition ſoeuer, not to bee in loue. Vbicumqꝫ ſecuritas, ibi libido dominatur, luſt & ſecurity domineere together, as Sᵗ Hierome auerreth.
- Now as to the Scriptures being the Word of God, and evidently known to be ſo, or evidencing themſelves to be ſo, and that of right, and properly they are to be ſo called; all which thou J. O. very abſolutely averreſt, […]
- Chiron, the four-legg'd Bard, had both / A Beard and Tail of his own growth; / And yet by Authors 'tis averr'd, / He made use onely of his Beard.
To justify or prove (an allegation or plea that one has made).
To avouch, prove, or verify the existence or happening of (something), or to offer to do…
To avouch, prove, or verify the existence or happening of (something), or to offer to do so.
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A beast of burden
A beast of burden; chiefly a workhorse, but also a working ox or other animal.
An old, useless horse
An old, useless horse; a nag.
- […] Gilbert has but two half-starved cowardly peasants to follow him, and but an auld jaded aver to ride upon, fitter for the plough than for manly service; […]
The neighborhood
- neighboraverment
Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at aver. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.
A definitional loop anchored at aver. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
7 hops · closes at aver
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA