aver
aver.01 - assert to be true
AVER-V NOTES: Based on WSJ. VN updated by Julia, 9/2010. Member of Vncls conjecture-29.5-2. (from aver.01-v)Aliases:
aver (v.)
Roles:
ARG0-PAG: agent, speaker
ARG1-PPT: proposition held to be true
ARG1-PPT: proposition held to be true
here a hapax, there a hapax...
Globe columnist Mike BarnicleARG0
-- in the second attack on his employer in as many weeks -- averredrel
that his shadowy countenance was so bad , it looked `` like a face you 'd find on a bottle of miracle elixir that promises to do away with diarrhea in our lifetimeARG1
. ''