aver

FREQ #49172

vt. 断言, 坚称 [法] 立证, 证明, 确证

发音

UK /ˈeɪvə/
UK /əˈvɜː/
其它
US /ˈeɪvɚ/
US /əˈvɝ/

词形变化

avers 复数 avered avering averred averredst averreth averring avers 三单 avers averring 现在分词 averred 过去式 averred 过去分词 averrest averredst 过去式 averreth 三单 averred 复数

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A beast of burden; chiefly a workhorse, but also a working ox or other animal.

    古体 方言
  2. 2.

    An old, useless horse; a nag.

    苏格兰 古体 方言
v.
  1. 1.

    To assert the truth of (something); to affirm (something) with confidence; to declare (something) in a positive manner.

    及物/不及物
  2. 2.

    To justify or prove (an allegation or plea that one has made).

    及物/不及物 法律
  3. 3.

    To avouch, prove, or verify the existence or happening of (something), or to offer to do so.

    废旧 及物

词汇关系

动词

同义词 8

say swear swan verify assert affirm allege avow

上位词 4

maintain declare assert asseverate

下位词 9

take tell hold claim assure protest declare plead attest

词源

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.

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