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单词 avowed
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avowedadj.1

/əˈvaʊd/
Etymology: < avow v.1 + -ed suffix1.
1. Acknowledged, owned, plainly declared.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > language > statement > acknowledgement, avowal, or confession > [adjective] > acknowledged, avowed, or confessed
ownedeOE
openOE
avowed1340
confessed1561
avouched1637
granted1640
declared1651
1340 Ayenbite (1866) 101 His zone be adopcioun, þet is be avoerie, zuo þet he ssel bi yhealde vor his zone avoud.
1556 J. Heywood Spider & Flie lii. 35 Arms..In harolds books a vowde.
1660 R. Allestree Gentlemans Calling 43 A man of such an avowed brutality.
1793 T. Jefferson Writings (1859) IV. 12 For the avowed purpose of committing hostilities on us.
1858 J. A. Froude Hist. Eng. (ed. 2) III. xvi. 362 The avowed leaders were..the bishops.
2. Self-acknowledged, declared by himself.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > language > statement > acknowledgement, avowal, or confession > [adjective] > self-acknowledged
professed1531
avowed1651
professional1667
self-confesseda1804
1651 T. Hobbes Leviathan iii. xxxvi. 231 He is a Prophet avowed.
1792 J. Almon Anecd. Life W. Pitt (octavo ed.) III. xliv. 197 An avowed enemy to American independency.
1824 T. F. Dibdin Libr. Compan. 224 Lord Somers was the avowed Editor.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

avowedadj.2

Etymology: < avow v.2 + -ed suffix1.
Obsolete.
Vowed.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > language > speech > agreement > promise > [adjective] > promised or vowed
behotenc1200
hotena1325
plightedc1325
fasted1440
promised1449
pledged1552
faithed1556
behighted1571
voted1586
vowed1590
sacramental1665
avowed1720
sworn1819
arrhal1873
1720 R. Welton tr. T. Alvares de Andrade Sufferings Son of God I. x. 279 The Avowed Poverty of St. Francis..The Spiritual Repasts of this Sacred Vow.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online March 2021).
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