Aver vs Laver - What's the difference?
aver | laver |
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.
A red alga of the genus Porphyra .
A basin for washing.
* , II.xii:
One who laves; a washer.
That which washes or cleanses.
As nouns the difference between aver and laver
is that aver is ice-floe while laver is a red alga of the genus porphyra or laver can be a basin for washing.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
* ----laver
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) (see below).Noun
Etymology 2
From (etyl) laveoir, from (etyl) lavatorium. Compare (lavatory).Noun
(en noun)- Infinit streames continually did well / Out of this fountaine, sweet and faire to see, / The which into an ample lauer fell