asseverate Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb state categorically
    assert; maintain.

WordNet

As*sev"er*ate transitive verb
Etymology
L. asseveratus, p. p. of asseverare to assert seriously or earnestly; ad + severus. See Severe.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Asseverated present participle & verbal noun Asseverating
Definitions
  1. To affirm or aver positively, or with solemnity. Syn. -- To affirm; aver; protest; declare. See Affirm.

Webster 1913