Aver vs Avon - What's the difference?
aver | avon |
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.
(surname)
Any of several rivers in Britain.
A former county of England in existance from 1974 to 1996 and created from Bristol, southern Gloucestershire and northern Somerset. Then bordering Wiltshire, Gloucestershire and Somerset. It was replaced by the unitary authorities of Bristol, South Gloucestershire, North Somerset and Bath and North East Somerset
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As a noun aver
is possessions, property, belongings, wealth.As a verb aver
is to assert the truth of, to affirm with confidence; to declare in a positive manner.As a proper noun Avon is
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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.
