avow

Verb
Synonyms: affirmverifyassertaverswanswearavouch

WordNet 3.0

Verb (2)

  1. to declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true“Before God I swear I am innocent”Synonyms: affirmverifyassertaverswanswear
  2. admit openly and bluntly; make no bones aboutSynonyms: avouch
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Avow \A*vow"\, n. [Cf. F. aveu.] Avowal. [Obs.] --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
Avow \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. [1913 Webster]
Avow \A*vow"\, n. A vow or determination. [Archaic] [1913 Webster]
Avow \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. [1913 Webster]

Which I to be the of Israel's God Avow, and challenge Dagon to the test.— Milton.[1913 Webster]

2.(Law) To acknowledge and justify, as an act done. See Avowry. --Blackstone. [1913 Webster]

Syn: To acknowledge; own; confess. See Confess. [1913 Webster]

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