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  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Asseverate  \As*sev"er*ate\,  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Asseverated}; 
  p.  pr  &  vb  n.  {Asseverating}.]  [L.  asseveratus  p.  p.  of 
  asseverare  to  assert  seriously  or  earnestly;  ad  +  severus 
  See  {Severe}.] 
  To  affirm  or  aver  positively,  or  with  solemnity. 
 
  Syn:  To  affirm;  aver;  protest;  declare.  See  {Affirm}. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  asseverate 
  v  :  state  categorically  [syn:  {assert},  {maintain}] 

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