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Verbs (10)

v. report or maintain; "He alleged that he was the victim of a crime"; "He said it was too late to intervene in the war"; "The registrar says that I owe the school money"

affirm, verify, assert, avow, aver, swan, swear

v. to declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true; "Before God I swear I am innocent"

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Fuzzynyms (91)

avow, avouch

v. admit openly and bluntly; make no bones about

affirm, verify, assert, avow, aver, swan, swear

v. to declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true; "Before God I swear I am innocent"

adduce, abduce, cite

v. advance evidence for

deliver, present

v. deliver (a speech, oration, or idea); "The commencement speaker presented a forceful speech that impressed the students"

profess, pretend

v. state insincerely; "He professed innocence but later admitted his guilt"; "She pretended not to have known the suicide bomber"; "She pretends to be an expert on wine"

purport

v. have the often specious appearance of being, intending, or claiming; "The letter purports to express people's opinion"

maintain, defend

v. state or assert; "He maintained his innocence"

declare

v. state emphatically and authoritatively; "He declared that he needed more money to carry out the task he was charged with"

argue, indicate

v. give evidence of; "The evidence argues for your claim"; "The results indicate the need for more work"

challenge

v. ask for identification; "The illegal immigrant was challenged by the border guard"

deal

v. behave in a certain way towards others; "He deals fairly with his employees"

assert, asseverate, maintain

v. state categorically

allege, aver, say

v. report or maintain; "He alleged that he was the victim of a crime"; "He said it was too late to intervene in the war"; "The registrar says that I owe the school money"

profess

v. receive into a religious order or congregation

avow, avouch

v. admit openly and bluntly; make no bones about

buy

v. accept as true; "I can't buy this story"

covenant

v. enter into a covenant or formal agreement; "They covenanted with Judas for 30 pieces of silver"; "The nations covenanted to fight terrorism around the world"

swear

v. promise solemnly; take an oath

test, prove, try, try out, examine, essay

v. put to the test, as for its quality, or give experimental use to; "This approach has been tried with good results"; "Test this recipe"

vow

v. make a vow; promise; "He vowed never to drink alcohol again"

argue, reason

v. present reasons and arguments

argue, indicate

v. give evidence of; "The evidence argues for your claim"; "The results indicate the need for more work"

impute

v. attribute (responsibility or fault) to a cause or source; "The teacher imputed the student's failure to his nervousness"

undertake, guarantee

v. promise to do or accomplish; "guarantee to free the prisoners"

voice

v. give voice to; "He voiced his concern"

announce, declare

v. announce publicly or officially; "The President declared war"

pronounce, label, judge

v. pronounce judgment on; "They labeled him unfit to work here"

say

v. utter aloud; "She said `Hello' to everyone in the office"

contend, postulate

v. maintain or assert; "He contended that Communism had no future"

describe, depict, draw

v. give a description of; "He drew an elaborate plan of attack"

clear, clear up, shed light on, crystallize, crystallise, crystalize, crystalise, straighten out, sort out, enlighten, illuminate, elucidate

v. make free from confusion or ambiguity; make clear; "Could you clarify these remarks?"; "Clear up the question of who is at fault"

elaborate, lucubrate, expatiate, exposit, enlarge, flesh out, expand, expound, dilate

v. add details, as to an account or idea; clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing; "She elaborated on the main ideas in her dissertation"

narrate

v. provide commentary for a film, for example

recount

v. count again; "We had to recount all the votes after an accusation of fraud was made"

relate

v. give an account of; "The witness related the events"

relate

v. have or establish a relationship to; "She relates well to her peers"

report

v. make known to the authorities; "One student reported the other to the principal"

report, turn in, inform on

v. make known to the authorities; "One student reported the other to the principal"

Synonyms (4)

trust, swear, rely, bank

v. have confidence or faith in; "We can trust in God"; "Rely on your friends"; "bank on your good education"; "I swear by my grandmother's recipes"

Antonyms (4)

foreswear, renounce, quit, relinquish

v. turn away from; give up; "I am foreswearing women forever"

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