Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for AS-SEV'ER, or AS-SEV'ER-ATE
AS-SEV'ER, or AS-SEV'ER-ATE, v.t. [L. assevero, from ad, and the Teutonic swear; Sax. swerian; Goth. swaran, to swear, to affirm positively.]
To affirm or aver positively, or with solemnity. – Fotherby.
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