To present a thing in words, as fixed , firm , i. e. certain , true; to assert , maintain , aver , declare , asseverate , affirm .

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To present a thing in words, as fixed , firm , i. e. certain , true; to assert , maintain , aver , declare , asseverate , affirm . 
To present a thing in words, as fixed , firm , i. e. certain , true; to assert , maintain , aver , declare , asseverate , affirm . 

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