About The Word Avow
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Avow
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What's The Definition Of Avow?
[v] admit openly and bluntly; make no bones about
[v] to declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true; "Before God I swear I am innocent" Synonyms | Synonyms for Avow: affirm | assert | aver | avouch | swan | swear | verify Related Terms | Find terms related to Avow: accept | acknowledge | admit | admit everything | affirm | agree provisionally | allege | allow | announce | annunciate | argue | assent grudgingly | assert | assever | asseverate | attest | aver | avouch | bear witness | certify | claim | come clean | concede | confess | contend | cop a plea | declare | defend | depone | depose | disclose | enunciate | express | express general agreement | express the belief | give evidence | go along with | grant | have | hold | insist | issue a manifesto | lay down | let on | maintain | manifesto | not oppose | open up | out with it | own | own up | plead guilty | predicate | pretend | pretext | proclaim | profess | pronounce | protest | protest too much | purport | put | put it | recognize | say | set down | speak | speak out | speak up | spill | spill it | spit it out | stand for | stand on | state | submit | swear | tell all | tell the truth | testify | vindicate | vouch | vow | warrant | witness | yield See Also | acknowledge | admit | assure | attest | claim | declare | hold | protest | take | tell Avow In Webster's Dictionary \A*vow"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Avowed} (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
{Avowing}.] [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) To acknowledge and justify, as an act done. See
{Avowry}. --Blackstone.
Syn: To acknowledge; own; confess. See {Confess}.
\A*vow"\, n. [Cf. F. aveu.] Avowal. [Obs.] --Dryden. \A*vow"\, v. t. & i. [OF. avouer, fr. LL. votare to vow, fr. L. votun. See {Vote}, n.] To bind, or to devote, by a vow. [Obs.] --Wyclif. \A*vow"\, n. A vow or determination. [Archaic] |
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