Aver vs Avulse - What's the difference?
aver | avulse |
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.
(medicine) To tear off forcibly.
* 1997 , Manual of nail disease and surgery (ISBN 0-86542-638-4), chapter 7, page 70:
* 2004 , Shoulder Surgery (ISBN 0-7216-9598-1), chapter 10, page 122:
As verbs the difference between aver and avulse
is that aver is to assert the truth of, to affirm with confidence; to declare in a positive manner while avulse is to tear off forcibly.As a noun aver
is possessions, property, belongings, wealth.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
* ----avulse
English
Verb
(avuls)- An alternative is to avulse the nail of the second or third toe [...]
- [...] the resulting tension in the restraining ligament would be 600 pounds, sufficient to avulse the ligament.