Read full poem →3 'Has she no faults, then (Envy says), sir?'
Yes, she has one, I must aver:
When all the world conspires to praise her,
Dictionary Entry
To assert the truth of, to affirm with confidence; to declare in a positive manner.
Origin
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Common Phrases
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Poetry examples for “aver”
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Read full poem →'Twas but the tempest's central calm.
Vague sinkings of the heart aver
That dreadful wrong is come to her,
Read full poem →So that I lived again,
And, strange to aver,
With no relapse into the void inane,
Read full poem →Her love was sought, I do aver,
By twenty beaux and more;
Read full poem →Her love was sought, I do aver,
By twenty beaux and more;
Read full poem →The grass it shook upon the ground;
But all do still aver
The little babe is buried there,
Read full poem →The grass it shook upon the ground;
But all do still aver
The little babe is buried there,