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aver (verb), avers; averred; averring
To declare or to assert that what someone says is absolutely true: Janet averred that she did not cheat on the test, although another student told the teacher that she did.

During the trial, the witness averred that he had seen the accused person at the scene of the crime.

To positively declare that something will be done.
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aver, avert, divert, evert
aver (uh VUR) (verb)
To affirm positively; to declare, to proclaim: Yes, the witness did aver that he had seen the suspect at the scene of the crime.
avert (uh VURT) (verb)
1. To turn aside, to turn away: Lucia decided to avert her head so Jack couldn't see her face.
2. To prevent, to turn away: The quick arrival of firefighters would avert a major forest fire.
divert (di VURT) (verb)
1. To turn aside from a course or direction: Traffic had to divert around the scene of the accident.
2. To distract; to turn from serious thoughts: Divert Gwen's attention by pointing up to the sky.
3. To entertain by distracting attention of someone from worrisome thoughts or concerns; to amuse or to entertain: The teacher's funny stories helped to divert the children in the class from being so noisy.
evert (i VURT) (verb)
To turn outward or inside out, as any saclike object: The doctor had to evert Kate's eyelid so he could remove the irritating grain of sand.

Essie will aver to you that the clerk at the bake shop attempted to divert her attention by getting her to avert her eyes when he had to evert the bag in which she was placing the doughnuts that Essie was buying.

This entry is located in the following unit: Confusing Words Clarified: Group A; Homonyms, Homophones, Homographs, Synonyms, Polysemes, etc. (page 9)