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.