A positive statement of facts; an allegation; an offer to justify or prove what is alleged.
The act of averring, or that which is averred; positive assertion.
verification; establishment by evidence.
An assumption taken to be true for the purpose of argument or investigation.
Used loosely, a tentative conjecture explaining an observation, phenomenon or scientific problem that can be tested by further observation, investigation and/or experimentation. As a scientific term of art, see the attached quotation. Compare to theory, and quotation given there.
The antecedent of a conditional statement.