aver

See also: avêr, avër, and a ver

English

Etymology 1

(deprecated template usage) From French avérer, from Late Latin *advērāre, from ad + vērus (“true”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /əˈvɜː/
• Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)

Verb

aver (third-person singular simple present avers, present participle averring, simple past and past participle averred)

1. To assert the truth of, to affirm with confidence; to declare in a positive manner.
   • 1663, Samuel Butler, Hudibras, part 1, canto 2:

     Chiron, the four-legg'd bard, had both \ A beard and tail of his own growth; \ And yet by authors 'tis averr'd, \ He made use only of his beard.

   • 1819 CE, Percy Shelley, Peter Bell the Third:

     The Devil, I safely can aver, / Has neither hoof, nor tail, nor sting.

   • 1939, Noel Langley, Florence Ryerson, Edgar Allan Woolf, The Wizard of Oz, MGM/Warner Home Video:

     As Coroner, I must aver, I thoroughly examined her.

   • 1997, Frederic W. with Roberta B. Case, Trilliums, →ISBN:

     Small (1933) avers T. simile to be deliciously fragrant, a quality we have not noticed in our plants.

   • 2019 April 14, Alex McLevy, “Winter is here on Game Of Thrones' final season premiere (newbies)”, in The A.V. Club‎^[1]:

     when Yara tells him he picked the losing side, he avers that he might just as soon head back to the Iron Islands—“But first, I’m gonna fuck the queen”

2. (law) To prove or justify a plea.
   • 2007 July 26, European Court of Human Rights, Peev. v. Bulgaria‎^[2], number 64209/01, marginal 19:

     In the meantime, on 5 June 2000, the applicant had brought a civil action against the Prosecutor's Office. He alleged that the termination of his contract had been unlawful and sought reinstatement and compensation for loss of salary. He averred, inter alia, that the climate in the Supreme Cassation Prosecutor's Office had deteriorated as a result of the actions of the Chief Prosecutor.

3. (obsolete) To avouch, prove, or verify; to offer to verify.

Translations

to assert the truth of, to affirm with confidence; to declare in a positive manner

• Bulgarian: твърдя (bg) (tvǎrdja), заявявам (bg) (zajavjavam), настоявам (bg) (nastojavam)
• French: affirmer (fr)
• Interlingue:
• Italian: asserire (it)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Russian: утвержда́ть (ru) n (utverždátʹ), заявля́ть (ru) n (zajavljátʹ)
• Serbo-Croatian: izjaviti (sh), ustvrditi (sh)
• Spanish: asegurar (es)
• Turkish: iddia etmek (tr), ileri sürmek (tr)

to prove or justify a plea

• Bulgarian: доказвам (bg) (dokazvam)
• Russian: дока́зывать (ru) n (dokázyvatʹ)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Serbo-Croatian: potkrepiti (sh), potkrijepiti (sh)
• Turkish: kanıtlamak (tr)

to avouch, prove, or verify; to offer to verify

• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Serbo-Croatian: dokazivati (sh)

Etymology 2

(deprecated template usage) Borrowed from Old French aveir (French avoir), substantive use of the verb, from Latin habeō (“to have, hold, keep”). See cattle and chattel.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈeɪvə/

Noun

aver (plural avers)

1. (obsolete) Possessions, property, belongings, wealth.

Etymology 3

Related to Late Latin averia (“cattle”). Similarly, in Hebrew: אביר

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈeɪvɚ]

Noun

aver (plural avers)

1. (dialectal) A work-horse, working ox, or other beast of burden.

Anagrams

• AVRE, Rave, Vera, evar, rave, vare, vera

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Corsican

Etymology

From Latin habeō.

Verb

aver

1. have

Conjugation

infinitive	aver
present participle	avendu
past participle	avutu

	Present indicative	Past indicative	Present subjunctive	Past subjunctive
First-person singular	aghju	avia	abbia	avissi
Second-person singular	ai, ha	avii	abbia	avissi, avisse
Third-person singular	hà	avia	abbia	avissi
First-person plural	avemu	aviamu	abbiamu	avissimu
Second-person plural	avete	aviate	abbiate	avissite
Third-person plural	anu	avianu	abbianu	avissinu

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Italian

Verb

aver

1. Apocopic form of avere

Anagrams

• vera

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Ladino

Etymology

From Old Spanish aver, from Latin habeō (“hold, have”).

Verb

1. to have

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Norman

Alternative forms

• aveir (Guernsey)

Etymology

From Old French aveir, from Latin habeō (“have, hold, possess”).

Verb

aver

1. (Jersey, alternative form in Guernsey) to have

Conjugation

    Jersey Norman - Conjugation

infinitive			aver
gerund			ayant
auxiliary			aver
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		ieu		—
		plural		—		—
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		jé (j')	tu (tu')	il (i'), oulle (ou)	jé (j')	ous (ou)	il' (i')
	present	ai	as	a	avons	avez	ont
	imperfect	avais	avais	avait	avions	aviez	avaient
	preterite	eus	eus	eut	eûnmes	eûtes	eûtent
	future	éthai	éthas	étha	éthons	éthez	éthont
	conditional	éthais	éthais	éthait	éthions	éthiez	éthaient
subjunctive		qué j'	qué tu'	qu'il, qu'oulle	qué j'	qu'ous	qu'il'
	present	aie	aies	ait	ayons	ayiz	aient
	imperfect	eûsse	eûsses	eûsse	eûssions	eûssyiz or eûssiez	eûssent
imperative		—	tu'	—	j'	ous	—
	affirmative		ai		ayons	ayiz or ayez

Derived terms

• aver bouonne main (“to have green fingers”)
• aver cours (“to be legal tender”)
• aver d's ièrs dé caûque-souothis (“to have good eyesight”)
• aver l's ièrs pus grands qué l'ventre (“to have eyes bigger than one's belly”)
• aver l'tchoeu d'vômi (“to feel sick”)
• aver l'vent souôs vèrgue (“to scud before the wind”)
• aver un yi tchi dit m'luque à l'aut' (“to have a squint”)

 

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Occitan

Etymology

From Old Occitan aver, haver, from Latin habeō (“to have, hold, keep”).

Pronunciation

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Verb

aver

1. to have; to possess

   Synonym: possedir

2. (auxiliary) to have

Conjugation

    Lengadocian (Central Occitan)

		simple			compound
infinitive		aver			aver avent
gerund		aver			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		avent			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	agut	ai	as	a	avèm	avètz
	imperfect	an	aviái	aviás	aviá	aviam	aviatz
	preterite	avián	aurai	auràs	aurà	aurem	auretz
	future	auràn	aguèri	aguères	aguèt	aguèrem	aguèretz
	conditional	aguèron	auriái	auriás	auriá	auriam	auriatz
	conditional 2nd form1	ajatz	{{{50}}}	{{{51}}}	{{{52}}}	{{{53}}}	{{{54}}}
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	aurián	aja	ajas	aja	ajam	ajatz
	imperfect	ajan	aguèsse	aguèsses	aguèsse	aguèssem	aguèssetz
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			aguèsson		aja	ajam	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

Derived terms

• aver luòc

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Old French

Verb

aver

1. Alternative form of avoir

Noun

aver oblique singular, m (oblique plural avers, nominative singular avers, nominative plural aver)

1. Alternative form of avoir
   • c. 1150, Thomas d'Angleterre, Le Roman de Tristan, page 216 (of the Champion Classiques edition, →ISBN, line 2832:

     de ses avers li volt mustrer.

     he wants to show his possessions to her.

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Old Occitan

Alternative forms

• haver

Etymology

From Latin habeō (“to have, hold, keep”).

Verb

aver

1. to have; to possess
   • circa 1185, Guerau de Cabrera, Ensenhamen:

     Jes gran saber
     no potz aver,
     si fors non eis de ta reion.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Descendants

• Catalan: haver
• Occitan: aver

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Old Spanish

Etymology

From Latin habeō (“to have, hold, keep”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈβ̞e̞ɾ/

Verb

aver

1. to have

   Pedro ha dos fijas.

   Pedro has two daughters.

Descendants

• Ladino: aver
• Spanish: haber

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Portuguese

Verb

aver (first-person singular present indicative ei, past participle avido)

1. Obsolete spelling of haver.

Conjugation

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Noun

aver m (plural averes)

1. Obsolete spelling of haver.

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Spanish

Verb

aver

1. Obsolete spelling of haber.

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Venetian

Alternative forms

• gaver

Etymology

From Latin habeō.

Verb

aver

1. (transitive) to have
2. (transitive) to possess

Conjugation

• Venetian conjugation varies from one region to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.

Conjugation of aver (irregular)

infinitive	aver
auxiliary verb		aver	gerund		avéndo
past participle		vùo, avudo, vudo, vù
person	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative	mi	ti	eło / eła	noialtri / noialtre	voialtri / voialtre	łuri / łore
present	go, ò	(te) ghè, (te) ga	(el/ła) ga, (el/ła) à	avémo, gavémo, òn, avòn	avì	(i/łe) ga, (i/łe) à
imperfect	avéa, gavéa	(te) avivi, (te) avevi	(el/ła) avéa, (el/ła) gavéa	avévimo	avivi, avevi	(i/łe) avéa, (i/łe) gavéa
future	avarò	(te) avarè	(el/ła) avarà	avarémo, avaròn	avarè	(i/łe) avarà
conditional	mi	ti	eło / eła	noialtri / noialtre	voialtri / voialtre	łuri / łore
present	avarìa, averàve, gavaria	(te) avarisi	(el/ła) avarìa, (el/ła) averàve, (el/ła) gavaria	avarìsimo	avarisi	(i/łe) avarìa, (i/łe) averàve, (i/łe) gavaria
subjunctive	che mi	che ti	che eło / eła	che noialtri / noialtre	che voialtri / voialtre	che łuri / łore
present	abia	(te) abi	(el/ła) abia	avémo	avì	(i/łe) abia
imperfect	avése	(te) avisi	(el/ła) avése	avésimo	avisi	(i/łe) avése
imperative	—	ti	eło / eła	noialtri / noialtre	voialtri / voialtre	łuri / łore
	—	(te) abi	(el/ła) abia	avémo	avì	(i/łe) abia