Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

asseveration

/əˌsɛv.əˈɹeɪ.ʃən/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: as-sev-er-a-tion
IPA: /əˌsɛv.əˈɹeɪ.ʃən/

15

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

5

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An earnest affirmation; a declaration of support.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"[…] no man is believ’d a jot the more for all the Aſſeverations, Damnings and Swearings he makes: […]"
"Custom-houſe oaths and political oaths are but little regarded even by ſome who pretend to principles of honeſty and religion: and a Quaker’s aſſeveration is with us juſtly put upon the ſame footing with the oath of any other perſon."
"[…] on all such occasions Mr. Grimwig plants, fishes, and carpenters with great ardour, doing everything in a very singular and unprecedented manner; but always maintaining, with his favourite asseveration, that his mode is the right one."
"The true oath consists in the simple asseveration, uttered in perfect consciousness and under a sense of the presence of God, before Him, and in Him."
"After this homily which he delivered with much warmth of asseveration Mr Mulligan in a trice put off from his hat a kerchief with which he had shielded it."

Etymology

From Latin assevērātiō, from assevērō.

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /əˌsɛv.əˈɹeɪ.ʃən/
British English: /əˌsɛv.əˈɹeɪ.ʃən/

Usage

Inflected Forms

asseverations (plural)

Derived Forms

asseverational

Frequently Paired Words

assever asseverate

Synonyms

averment avowal assertion

Questions

How do you pronounce asseveration?: The recorded pronunciation is /əˌsɛv.əˈɹeɪ.ʃən/.
What does asseveration mean?: An earnest affirmation; a declaration of support.
Where does asseveration come from?: From Latin assevērātiō, from assevērō.

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