单词 | avowed |
释义 | avowedadj.1 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 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). < adj.11340adj.21720 |
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