Aver (verb)
a-vur
State or assert to be the case.
Late Middle English (in the sense ‘declare or confirm to be true’): from Old French averer, based on Latin ad ‘to’ (implying ‘cause to be’) + verus ‘true’.
Example sentences
“The evidence will aver the facts as I have offered them.”
“I averred that I was innocent of all allegations.”
Favonian (adj) fav-oh-nee-un Of or relating to the west wind./ Mild or favorable; propitious. 1650–60; Latin Favōniānus. See Favonius, -an. foehn (more…)
