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AVOW
avow, avouch
(verb) admit openly and bluntly; make no bones about
affirm, verify, assert, avow, aver, swan, swear
(verb) to declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true; “Before God I swear I am innocent”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
avow (third-person singular simple present avows, present participle avowing, simple past and past participle avowed)
(transitive) To declare openly and boldly, as something believed to be right; to own, acknowledge or confess frankly.
(transitive) To bind or devote by a vow.
(legal) To acknowledge and justify, as an act done. See avowry.
Antonyms
• disavow
Noun
avow
(obsolete) avowal
Source: Wiktionary
A*vow", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Avowed (p. pr. & vb. n. Avowing.] Etym: [F. avouver, fr. L. advocare to call to (whence the meanings, to call upon as superior; recognize as lord, own, confess); ad + vocare to call. See Advocate, Avouch.]
1. To declare openly, as something believed to be right; to own or acknowledge frankly; as, a man avows his principles or his crimes. Which I to be the of Israel's God Avow, and challenge Dagon to the test. Milton.
2. (Law)
Definition: To acknowledge and justify, as an act done. See Avowry. Blackstone.
Syn.
– To acknowledge; own; confess. See Confess.
A*vow", n, Etym: [Cf. F. aveu.]
Definition: Avowal. [Obs.] Dryden.
A*vow", v. t. & i. Etym: [OF. avouer, fr. LL. votare to vow, fr. L. votun. See Vote, n.]
Definition: To bind, or to devote, by a vow. [Obs.] Wyclif.
A*vow", n.
Definition: A vow or determination. [Archaic]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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