aver

See also: avêr, avër, and a ver

English

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Old French aveir (French avoir), substantive use of the verb, from Latin habēre, present active infinitive of habeō (“I have, hold, keep”). See cattle and chattel.

Pronunciation

Noun

aver (plural avers)

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

Etymology 2

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

Pronunciation

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, Hudibras, by Samuel Butler, 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 The Wizard of Oz (MGM/Warner Home Video)
      As Coroner, I must aver, I thoroughly examined her.
    • 1997 Frederic W. and Roberta B. Case, Trilliums, →ISBN:
      Small (1933) avers T. simile to be deliciously fragrant, a quality we have not noticed in our plants.
  2. (law) To prove or justify a plea.
    • 2007 July 26, European Court of Human Rights, Peev. v. Bulgaria‎, 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

Etymology 3

Related to Late Latin averia (“cattle”).

Noun

aver (plural avers)

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

Anagrams

Corsican

Etymology

From Latin habēre, present active infinitive of 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

Italian

Verb

aver

  1. Apocopic form of avere

Anagrams

Ladino

Etymology

From Old Spanish aver, from Latin habēre, present active infinitive of habeō (“hold, have”).

Verb

aver (Latin spelling)

  1. to have

Norman

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Verb

aver

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

Derived terms

Occitan

Etymology

From Old Occitan aver, haver, from Latin habēre, present active infinitive of habeō (“I have, hold, keep”).

Verb

aver

  1. to have; to possess
  2. (auxiliary) to have

Conjugation

Synonyms

  • (to possess): possedir

Old French

Verb

aver

  1. Alternative form of avoir

Noun

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

  1. Alternative form of avoir
    • circa 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.

Old Occitan

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *avēre, from Latin habēre, present active infinitive of habeō (“I 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.

Descendants

Old Spanish

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *avēre, from Latin habēre, present active infinitive of habeō (“I have, hold, keep”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aˈβ̞e̞ɾ/

Verb

aver

  1. to have
    Pedro ha dos fijas.
    Pedro has two daughters.

Descendants

Portuguese

Verb

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

  1. Obsolete spelling of haver

Conjugation

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Noun

aver m (plural averes)

  1. Obsolete spelling of haver


Venetian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin habēre (“to have”) present active infinitive of habeō. Compare Italian avere.

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
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