Aver vs Pronounce - What's the difference?
aver | pronounce | Synonyms |
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.
To formally declare, officially or ceremoniously.
* , chapter=5
, title= To pass judgment.
To sound out (a word or phrase); to articulate.
* 1869 , (Mark Twain), The Innocents Abroad , page 182:
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To produce the components of speech.
To declare authoritatively, or as a formal expert opinion.
To read aloud.
As verbs the difference between aver and pronounce
is that aver is to assert the truth of, to affirm with confidence; to declare in a positive manner while pronounce is to formally declare, officially or ceremoniously.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
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English
Verb
(pronounc)The Mirror and the Lamp, passage=Then everybody once more knelt, and soon the blessing was pronounced . The choir and the clergy trooped out slowly, […], down the nave to the western door. […] At a seemingly immense distance the surpliced group stopped to say the last prayer.}}
- They spell it "Vinci" and pronounce' it "Vinchy". Foreigners always spell better than they ' pronounce .