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Entry 4 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Aver

/(ā"vẽr)/ · A·ver · IPA /əˈvɝ/
01 n. A work horse, or working ox.
  1. 1.
    A work horse, or working ox.[Obs. or Dial. Eng.]
02 v. t. To assert, or prove, the truth of.
imp. & p. p. Averred; p. pr. & vb. n. Averring
  1. 1.
    To assert, or prove, the truth of.[Obs.]
  2. 2.
    To avouch or verify; to offer to verify; to prove or justify. See Averment.(Law) See: Averment
  3. 3.
    To affirm with confidence; to declare in a positive manner, as in confidence of asserting the truth.
    “It is sufficient that the very fact hath its foundation in truth, as I do seriously aver is the case.” — Fielding.
    “Then all averred I had killed the bird.” — Coleridge.
Syn. To assert; affirm; asseverate. See Affirm.