avow
11avow — [ə vou′] vt. [ME avowen < OFr avouer < L advocare: see ADVOCATE] 1. to declare openly or admit frankly 2. to acknowledge or claim (oneself) to be [he avowed himself a patriot] SYN. ACKNOWLEDGE avower n …
12avow — avouch, avow, vouch Avouch, meaning ‘to assure, guarantee, acknowledge’ and overlapping with avow, can be found in the Bible (AV), Spenser, Marlowe, Milton, Byron, and Thackeray, but despite these fine credentials is no longer in general use.… …
13avow — UK [əˈvaʊ] / US verb [transitive] Word forms avow : present tense I/you/we/they avow he/she/it avows present participle avowing past tense avowed past participle avowed formal to publicly claim or promise something …
14avow — transitive verb Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French avuer, avouer, from Latin advocare Date: 14th century 1. to declare assuredly < she avowed her innocence > 2. to declare openly, bluntly, and without shame …
15avow — [[t]əva͟ʊ[/t]] avows, avowing, avowed VERB If you avow something, you admit it or declare it. [FORMAL] [V n] ...a public statement avowing neutrality... The Prime Minister avowed that he saw no need to change his country s policies. [Also V with… …
16AVOW — analog voice orderwire …
17avow — avowable, adj. avower, n. /euh vow /, v.t. to declare frankly or openly; own; acknowledge; confess; admit: He avowed himself an opponent of all alliances. [1150 1200; ME avowen < OF avoue(r) < L advocare. See ADVOCATE] * * * …
18avow — verb To declare openly and boldly, as something believed to be right; to own, acknowledge or confess frankly. Vito avowed to take revenge on the man who murdered his father. Ant …
19avow — Synonyms and related words: accept, acknowledge, admit, admit everything, affirm, agree provisionally, allege, allow, announce, annunciate, argue, assent grudgingly, assert, assever, asseverate, attest, aver, avouch, bear witness, certify, claim …
20avow — v. (formal) (M or N; used with a noun) he avowed himself (to be) a socialist * * * [ə vaʊ] (formal) (M or N; used with a noun) he avowed himself (to be) a socialist …
