Aver vs Aker - What's the difference?
aver | aker |
to assert the truth of, to affirm with confidence; to declare in a positive manner.
* 1663 ,
* 1819 CE: Percy Shelley, Peter Bell the Third :
* 1939 (MGM/Warner Home Video)
* 1997 Frederic W. and Roberta B. Case, Trilliums , ISBN 0-88192-374-5:
(legal) To prove or justify a plea.
(obsolete) To avouch, prove, or verify; to offer to verify.
:* {{quote-book
, year=1858
, year_published=2006
, edition=Digitized
, editor=
, author=Jonathan Brown Bright
, title=The Brights of Suffolk
, chapter=
:* {{quote-book
, year=1859
, year_published=2009
, edition=Digitized
, editor=
, author=New England Historic Genealogical Society
, title=The New England Historical & Genealogical Register
, chapter=
As a noun aver
is ice-floe.As a proper noun aker is
.aver
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) aveir ((etyl) avoir), substantive use of the verb, from (etyl) .Etymology 2
From (etyl) .Verb
- 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 only of his beard.
- The Devil, I safely can aver , / Has neither hoof, nor tail, nor sting.
- As Coroner, I must aver , I thoroughly examined her.
- Small (1933) avers T. simile to be deliciously fragrant, a quality we have not noticed in our plants.
Etymology 3
Related to .Anagrams
* ----aker
English
Noun
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