Skip to main content

verb

asseverate

to declare or state solemnly or emphatically

In a sentence

Six example sentences with asseverate, each labelled with its topic.

  • The witness continued to asseverate that she had never met the defendant, even after the photographs were placed before her.

    Law

  • The delegate rose to asseverate, in front of every camera in the hall, that his government had signed nothing.

    Politics

  • A skeptic will not asseverate anything he cannot test, preferring to say only that the evidence currently points one way.

    Philosophy

  • The chief executive continued to asseverate that no jobs would be cut, even as the finance team modeled the layoffs.

    Business

  • The old sailor in the novel will asseverate at every tavern that he saw the whale, and nobody dares to doubt him aloud.

    Literature

  • Galileo was made to asseverate before the tribunal that the earth stood still, whatever his telescope had shown him.

    History

Study asseverate until you keep it

Learn English words in sentences about topics you pick, with a quick quiz. With an account, words come back for review.

Found in these word lists

Each source is a published word list that contains asseverate. No exam board publishes an official GRE, GMAT or SAT list; GMAT words come from GRE lists and the Academic Word List.