asserveration

I was startled to hear her asserveration of Hendow's affection for me.

Dancer Of Gor Norman, John, 1931- 1986

This was the custom on board the Dolphin; and one afternoon, when the brig, fanned by gentle zephyrs, hardly had "steerage way," my attention was aroused by an exulting shout from the man at the helm, followed by a solemn asserveration, that "a fish was hooked at last."

Jack in the Forecastle or, Incidents in the Early Life of Hawser Martingale John Sherburne Sleeper