averment

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English averement, from Old French averrement, averement, from averer (Modern French avérer). === Noun === averment (countable and uncountable, plural averments) The act of averring, or that which is averred; positive assertion. verification; establishment by evidence. A positive statement of facts; an allegation; an offer to justify or prove what is alleged. ==== Synonyms ==== (act of averring): affirmation, asseveration, assertion, declaration === References === William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “averment”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. “averment”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. === Anagrams === Vanmeter