— asseverative /euh sev"euh ray'tiv, -euhr euh tiv/ , asseveratory /euh sev"euhr euh tawr'ee, -tohr'ee/ , — asseveratively , adv.
/euh sev'euh ray"sheuhn/ , n.
1. the act of asseverating.
2. an emphatic assertion.
[ 1550-60; asseveration- (s. of asseveratio ). See ASSEVERATE, -ION ]