AVOUCH

avow, avouch

(verb) admit openly and bluntly; make no bones about

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Verb

avouch (third-person singular simple present avouches, present participle avouching, simple past and past participle avouched)

To declare freely and openly; to assert.

To acknowledge deliberately; to admit; to confess; to sanction.

To confirm or verify, to affirm the validity of.

To appeal to; to cite or claim as authority.

Noun

avouch (uncountable)

(obsolete) evidence; declaration

Of mine own eyes.

Source: Wiktionary

A*vouch", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Avouched (p. pr. & vb. n. Avouching.] Etym: [OF. avochier, LL. advocare to recognize the existence of a thing, to advocate, fr. L. advocare to call to; ad + vocare to call. Cf. Avow to declare, Advocate, and see Vouch, v. t.]

1. To appeal to; to cite or claim as authority. [Obs.] They avouch many successions of authorities. Coke.

2. To maintain a just or true; to vouch for. We might be disposed to question its authencity, it if were not avouched by the full evidence. Milman.

3. To declare or assert positively and as matter of fact; to affirm openly. If this which he avouches does appear. Shak. Such antiquities could have been avouched for the Irish. Spenser.

4. To acknowledge deliberately; to admit; to confess; to sanction. Thou hast avouched the Lord this day to be thy God. Deut. xxvi. 17.

A*vouch", n.

Definition: Evidence; declaration. [Obs.] The sensible and true avouch Of mine own eyes. Shak.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition