asseverate

v [Tn, Tf] (fml 文) state (sth) firmly and solemnly （坚定而郑重地）宣称, 陈词, 断言: asseverate one's innocence/that one is innocent 坚称自己很清白[自己是无辜的].

assault, assault and battery, assault craft, assay, assegai, assemblage, assemble, assembly, assembly line, assent, assert, assertion, assertive, assertively, assertiveness, assess, assessment, assessor, asset, asset-stripping, asseveration, assiduity, assiduous, assiduously, assign, assignable, assignation, assigned, assignment, assimilate, assimilation, assist, assist in, assist sb. in sth., assist sb. with sth., assistance, assistant, assize, Assoc (also assoc), associate,