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[syn: avow, avouch]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Avouch \A*vouch"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Avouched (?); p. pr. &
vb. n. Avouching.] [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.]
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They avouch many successions of authorities. --Coke.
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2. To maintain a just or true; to vouch for.
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We might be disposed to question its authenticity,
it if were not avouched by the full evidence.
--Milman.
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3. To declare or assert positively and as matter of fact; to
affirm openly.
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If this which he avouches does appear. --Shak.
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Such antiquities could have been avouched for the
Irish. --Spenser.
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4. To acknowledge deliberately; to admit; to confess; to
sanction.
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Thou hast avouched the Lord this day to be thy God.
--Deut. xxvi.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Avouch \A*vouch"\, n.
Evidence; declaration. [Obs.]
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The sensible and true avouch
Of mine own eyes. --Shak.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
avouch
v 1: admit openly and bluntly; make no bones about [syn: avow,
avouch] [ant: disavow]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
66 Moby Thesaurus words for "avouch":
acknowledge, admit, affirm, allege, announce, annunciate, argue,
assert, assever, asseverate, assure, attest, aver, avow,
bear witness, certify, confess, confirm, contend, corroborate,
countersign, declare, depone, depose, disclose, enunciate, express,
express the belief, give evidence, guarantee, have, hold, insist,
issue a manifesto, lay down, maintain, make a promise, manifesto,
own, pledge, plight, predicate, proclaim, profess, promise,
pronounce, protest, put, put it, say, set down, speak, speak out,
speak up, stand for, stand on, state, submit, swear, testify,
troth, underwrite, vouch, vow, warrant, witness