aver

From French avérer, from Late Latin *advērāre, from ad + vērus (“true”).

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /əˈvɜː/
• Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)

aver (third-person singular simple present avers, present participle averring, simple past and past participle averred)

1. To assert the truth of, to affirm with confidence; to declare in a positive manner.
   • 1663, Samuel Butler, Hudibras, part 1, canto 2:

     Chiron, the four-legg'd bard, had both \ A beard and tail of his own growth; \ And yet by authors 'tis averr'd, \ He made use only of his beard.

   • 1819 CE, Percy Shelley, Peter Bell the Third:

     The Devil, I safely can aver, / Has neither hoof, nor tail, nor sting.

   • 1939, The Wizard of Oz, written by Noel Langley; Florence Ryerson; Edgar Allan Woolf, MGM/Warner Home Video:

     As Coroner, I must aver, I thoroughly examined her.

   • 1997, Frederic W.; Roberta B. Case, Trilliums, →ISBN:

     Small (1933) avers T. simile to be deliciously fragrant, a quality we have not noticed in our plants.

   • 2019 April 14, Alex McLevy, “Winter is here on Game Of Thrones' final season premiere (newbies)”, in The A.V. Club‎:

     when Yara tells him he picked the losing side, he avers that he might just as soon head back to the Iron Islands—“But first, I’m gonna fuck the queen”

2. (law) To prove or justify a plea.
   • 2007 July 26, European Court of Human Rights, Peev. v. Bulgaria‎, number 64209/01, marginal 19:

     In the meantime, on 5 June 2000, the applicant had brought a civil action against the Prosecutor's Office. He alleged that the termination of his contract had been unlawful and sought reinstatement and compensation for loss of salary. He averred, inter alia, that the climate in the Supreme Cassation Prosecutor's Office had deteriorated as a result of the actions of the Chief Prosecutor.

3. (obsolete) To avouch, prove, or verify; to offer to verify.

Borrowed from Old French aveir (French avoir), substantive use of the verb, from Latin habeō (“to have, hold, keep”). See cattle and chattel.

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈeɪvə/

aver (plural avers)

1. (obsolete) Possessions, property, belongings, wealth.

Related to Late Latin averia (“cattle”).

IPA^(key): [ˈeɪvɚ]

aver (plural avers)

1. (dialectal) A work-horse, working ox, or other beast of burden.

• AVRE, Rave, Vera, evar, rave, vare, vera

From Latin habeō.

aver

1. have

aver

1. Apocopic form of avere

• vera

From Old Spanish aver, from Latin habeō (“hold, have”).

aver (Latin spelling, Hebrew spelling אביר‎)

1. to have

• aveir (Guernsey)

From Old French aveir, from Latin habeō (“have, hold, possess”).

aver

1. (Jersey, alternative form in Guernsey) to have

From Old Occitan aver, haver, from Latin habeō (“to have, hold, keep”).

aver

1. to have; to possess
2. (auxiliary) to have

• (to possess): possedir

aver

1. Alternative form of avoir

aver m (oblique plural avers, nominative singular avers, nominative plural aver)

1. Alternative form of avoir
   • c. 1150, Thomas d'Angleterre, Le Roman de Tristan, page 216 (of the Champion Classiques edition, ISBN 2-7453-0520-4, line 2832:

     de ses avers li volt mustrer.

     he wants to show his possessions to her.

• haver

From Latin habeō (“to have, hold, keep”).

aver

1. to have; to possess
   • circa 1185, Guerau de Cabrera, Ensenhamen:

     Jes gran saber
     no potz aver,
     si fors non eis de ta reion.

     (please add an English translation of this quote)

• Catalan: haver
• Occitan: aver

From Latin habeō (“to have, hold, keep”).

• IPA^(key): /aˈβ̞e̞ɾ/

aver

1. to have

   Pedro ha dos fijas.

   Pedro has two daughters.

• Ladino: aver
• Spanish: haber

aver (first-person singular present indicative ei, past participle avido)

1. Obsolete spelling of haver

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

aver m (plural averes)

1. Obsolete spelling of haver

aver

1. Obsolete spelling of haber

• gaver

From Latin habeō.

aver

1. (transitive) to have
2. (transitive) to possess

• Venetian conjugation varies from one region to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.