asseverate

== English == === Etymology === From Latin assevērāre, from assevērō (“I assert”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /əˈsɛvəɹeɪt/ === Verb === asseverate (third-person singular simple present asseverates, present participle asseverating, simple past and past participle asseverated) (transitive) To assert earnestly, seriously, and confidently ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== asseveration ==== Translations ==== == Italian == === Etymology 1 === ==== Verb ==== asseverate inflection of asseverare: second-person plural present indicative second-person plural imperative === Etymology 2 === ==== Participle ==== asseverate f pl feminine plural of asseverato == Latin == === Pronunciation === assevērātē: (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [as.sɛ.weːˈraː.teː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [as.se.veˈraː.te] assevērāte: (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [as.sɛ.weːˈraː.tɛ] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [as.se.veˈraː.te] === Adverb === assevērātē (not comparable) earnestly, emphatically ==== Alternative forms ==== adsevērātē === Verb === assevērāte second-person plural present active imperative of assevērō === References === "asseverate", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)