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[ uh-vou ] / əˈvaʊ / SEE SYNONYMS FOR avow ON THESAURUS.COM
verb (used with object)to declare frankly or openly; own; acknowledge; confess; admit: He avowed himself an opponent of all alliances. Origin of avow1150–1200; Middle English avowen<Old French avoue( r) <Latin advocāre.See advocate OTHER WORDS FROM avowa·vow·a·ble, adjectivea·vow·er, nounre·a·vow, verb (used with object)un·a·vow·a·ble, adjective un·a·vow·a·ble·ness, nounun·a·vow·a·bly, adverb Words nearby avowavoirdupois weight, Avon, Avon Lake, à votre santé, avouch, avow, avowal, avowed, avowry, Avram, avruga Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for avowAnd if they refuse to so avow, suddenly finding themselves with a challenge from the right? Impeaching Obama May Be Absurd, but That Won’t Stop the Right-Wing Fringe|Michael Tomasky|August 28, 2013|DAILY BEAST And if they do so avow—well, the worst scenario is as follows. Impeaching Obama May Be Absurd, but That Won’t Stop the Right-Wing Fringe|Michael Tomasky|August 28, 2013|DAILY BEAST The Declaration, as might be expected where the Government could not avow its real motives, was a somewhat pitiful document. A Short History of the Royal Navy 1217 to 1688|David Hannay For my part, I deem it better to approach the question and settle it at once, and avow it openly. Discussion on American Slavery|George Thompson
He handed the driver a subsidy which caused the man to avow his willingness to wait till morning if necessary. The Terms of Surrender|Louis Tracy At this moment I announce and avow myself a true and convinced Socialist. The Socialist|Cyril Arthur Edward Ranger Gull What Mr. Froude expressed other people felt, though perhaps they would not have cared to avow it so honestly. Seeing and Hearing|George W. E. Russell
British Dictionary definitions for avow
verb (tr)to state or affirm to admit openly law rare to justify or maintain (some action taken) Derived forms of avowavowable, adjectiveavowal, nounavowed (əˈvaʊd), adjectiveavowedly (əˈvaʊɪdlɪ), adverb avower, noun Word Origin for avowC13: from Old French avouer to confess, from Latin advocāre to appeal to, call upon; see avouch, advocate Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to avowconfess, affirm, avouch, acknowledge, grant, concede, proclaim, assert, admit, swear, allow, aver, maintain, declare, own up, cross one's heart |