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averment

/uh-vur-muhnt/US // əˈvɜr mənt //

反驳,反告,反省,反言

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : the act of averring.
    • : a positive statement.

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Examples

  • And the oath prescribed for them on returning was explicitly an averment of truth.

  • Neither in itself nor in its preamble was there an averment, or even an assumption of its necessity, as a rule of guidance.

  • The Ministerial averment answered no purpose, save to excite a general burst of disapprobation.

  • The resolutions in question were published in the city papers and can be referred to in substantiation of this averment.

  • A man's asking a passport for Baden would be a tacit averment, 'I am going to gamble.'