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verb

• Report or maintain.
  • usage: "He alleged that he was the victim of a crime"; "He said it was too late to intervene in the war"; "The registrar says that I owe the school money"
  • synonyms: allege, say
• To declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true.
  • usage: "Before God I swear I am innocent"
  • synonyms: affirm, verify, assert, avow, swan, swear

• (v.t.) To assert or prove, the truth of.
• (v.t.) To avouch or verify; to offer to verify; to prove or justify. See Averment.
• (n.) A work horse or working ox.
• (v.t.) To affirm with confidence; to declare in a positive manner, as in confidence of asserting the truth.