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asseverative en · ADJ

Etymology

From asseverate + -ive.

Meanings

1. Characterized by asseveration; asserting positively.
2. Serving to emphasize the certainty or truth of a statement.
   • A prosthetic 'aleph was added in Hebrew […] and this gave a graphemic distinction between the negative and the asseverative, but the asseverative nevertheless eventually disappeared in Hebrew and other Canaanite dialects. 2013, William M. Schniedewind, A Social History of Hebrew:, page 152:
   • Delimiting the forms which belong to the asseverative paradigm can be achieved only for some of the forms based on morphological criteria alone. 2018, Eran Cohen, The Modal System of Old Babylonian:
   • Further, it is strongly possible that the emphatic or asseverative lamed is etymologically distinct from the preposition, though the Masoretes do not distinguish the two. 1990, Bruce K. Waltke, Michael Patrick O'Connor, An Introduction to Biblical Hebrew Syntax, page 211:

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asseveratively

asseverative en · NOUN

Etymology

From asseverate + -ive.

Meanings

1. A linguistic structure that serves to emphasize the certainty or truth of a statement.

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