averment
English edit
Etymology edit
From Middle English averement, from Old French averrement, averement, from averer (Modern French avérer).
Noun edit
averment (countable and uncountable, plural averments)
- The act of averring, or that which is averred; positive assertion.
- 1924, Herman Melville, chapter 16, in Billy Budd[1], London: Constable & Co.:
- And for some of these averments, he added, substantiating proof was not far.
- verification; establishment by evidence.
- A positive statement of facts; an allegation; an offer to justify or prove what is alleged.
Synonyms edit
- (act of averring): affirmation, asseveration, assertion, declaration
References edit
- “averment”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
- “averment”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.