Word Meanings - ASSEVERATION - Book Publishers vocabulary database

The act of asseverating, or that which is asseverated; positive affirmation or assertion; solemn declaration. Another abuse of the tongue I might add, -- vehement asseverations upon slight and trivial occasions. Ray.

Related words: (words related to ASSEVERATION)

• SLIGHTNESS
  The quality or state of being slight; slenderness; feebleness; superficiality; also, formerly, negligence; indifference; disregard.
• SOLEMNIZATION
  The act of solemnizing; celebration; as, the solemnization of a marriage.
• MIGHTILY
  1. In a mighty manner; with might; with great earnestness; vigorously; powerfully. Whereunto I also labor, striving according to his working, which worketh in me mightily. Col. i. 29. 2. To a great degree; very much. Practical jokes amused
• SOLEMNIZE
  1. To perform with solemn or ritual ceremonies, or according to legal forms. Baptism to be administered in one place, and marriage solemnized in another. Hooker. 2. To dignify or honor by ceremonies; to celebrate. Their choice nobility and flowers
• ANOTHER-GUESS
  Of another sort. It used to go in another-guess manner. Arbuthnot.
• SOLEMN
  Made in form; ceremonious; as, solemn war; conforming with all legal requirements; as, probate in solemn form. Burrill. Jarman. Greenleaf. Solemn League and Covenant. See Covenant, 2. Syn. -- Grave; formal; ritual; ceremonial; sober; serious;
• VEHEMENTLY
  In a vehement manner.
• ASSEVERATORY
  Asseverative.
• SLIGHTEN
  To slight. B. Jonson.
• TONGUELET
  A little tongue.
• SOLEMNIZATE
  To solemnize; as, to solemnizate matrimony. Bp. Burnet.
• SLIGHTINGLY
  In a slighting manner.
• TONGUE-SHELL
  Any species of Lingula.
• SOLEMNLY
  In a solemn manner; with gravity; seriously; formally. There in deaf murmurs solemnly are wise. Dryden. I do solemnly assure the reader. Swift.
• WHICHEVER; WHICHSOEVER
  Whether one or another; whether one or the other; which; that one which; as, whichever road you take, it will lead you to town.
• MIGHT
  Force or power of any kind, whether of body or mind; energy or intensity of purpose, feeling, or action; means or resources to effect an object; strength; force; power; ability; capacity. What so strong, But wanting rest, will also want of might
• SOLEMNNESS
  The state or quality of being solemn; solemnity; impressiveness; gravity; as, the solemnness of public worship.
• ASSEVERATION
  The act of asseverating, or that which is asseverated; positive affirmation or assertion; solemn declaration. Another abuse of the tongue I might add, -- vehement asseverations upon slight and trivial occasions. Ray.
• MIGHTY
  1. Possessing might; having great power or authority. Wise in heart, and mighty in strength. Job ix. 4. 2. Accomplished by might; hence, extraordinary; wonderful. "His mighty works." Matt. xi. 20. 3. Denoting and extraordinary degree or quality
• TONGUESTER
  One who uses his tongue; a talker; a story-teller; a gossip. Step by step we rose to greatness; through the tonguesters we may fall. Tennyson.
• SERPENT-TONGUED
  Having a forked tongue, like a serpent.
• ALMIGHTINESS
  Omnipotence; infinite or boundless power; unlimited might. Jer. Taylor.
• HONEY-TONGUED
  Sweet speaking; persuasive; seductive. Shak.
• SHRILL-TONGUED
  Having a shrill voice. "When shrill-tongued Fulvia scolds." Shak.
• APPOSITIVE
  Of or relating to apposition; in apposition. -- n.
• ALMIGHTILY
  With almighty power.
• ADDER'S-TONGUE
  A genus of ferns , whose seeds are produced on a spike resembling a serpent's tongue. The yellow dogtooth violet. Gray.