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Meanings of asseveration in English

Portuguese
asserção
Catalan
asseveració

A declaration that is made emphatically (as if no supporting evidence were necessary)

        asserção
        Usage of asseveration in English
        1
        It is the divine asseveration of the wisest of men, Ecclesiastes vii.
        St. George's Cross; Or, England Above All
        2
        Virginia coloured, but made asseveration that nothing else had passed her lips.
        The Odd Women
        3
        The blood flew up into his white face as he made the asseveration.
        After Dark
        4
        He took note of the blank silence that ensued upon this startling asseveration.
        The Frontiersmen
        5
        Too proud for asseveration, Trenholme had not much more to say.
        What Necessity Knows
        6
        Even grown-up people will sometimes buy another's dearest secret for a light asseveration.
        The Bride of the Nile — Volume 11
        7
        Such crimination and recrimination, protestation, asseveration, assurances, backed by divine and saintly invocations!
        Balcony Stories
        8
        Little girls, without any idea of the meaning, employ the following formula of asseveration:-
        Current Superstitions / Collected from the Oral Tradition of Eng...
        9
        Amusing yet depressing, continued Flossy, without heed to this asseveration.
        Unleavened Bread
        10
        It is used by our Lord as a strong asseveration, and affirmation of the truth.
        The Bible, Douay-Rheims, New Testament
        11
        Ethel repeated his asseveration, and her father covered his face with his hands in thanksgiving.
        The Daisy Chain, or Aspirations
        12
        On my solemn asseveration, sir, it was no other.
        The Red Rover: A Tale
        13
        At length he spoke, replying to her last asseveration.
        The Marquis of Lossie
        14
        This was intended as a solemn form of asseveration adapted to the white man's habits.
        A Simpleton
        15
        So, stupefied with the gaiety of the 'faithful,' drunken with comradeship, scandal and asseveration, Mme.
        Swann's Way
        16
        She then repeated her asseveration that she would now do it effectually if he disappointed her.
        Amelia — Volume 3
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        Portuguese
        asserção
        Asseveration through the time
        Asseveration across language varieties
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