avow

  • 111articulate — I verb avow, clarify, communicate, converse, convey, enunciate, express, observe, phrase, pronounce, recite, recount, remark, speak, utter II index avow, clarify, coherent (clear), communicate …

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  • 112assert peremptorily — index avouch (avow), avow Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 113assert under oath — index avouch (avow), avow, certify (attest), promise (vow) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton …

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  • 114declare openly — index avouch (avow), avow Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 115state as true — index allege, assert, avouch (avow), avow Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 116state with conviction — index affirm (claim), argue, avouch (avow), avow, certify (attest), express …

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  • 117concede — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. consent, yield, give in, allow; accede; grant, admit, acknowledge, confess; cede, give up, surrender. See relinquishment, disclosure, giving, permission, compromise. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. yield,… …

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  • 118swear — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. i. affirm, depose, depone, vow; testify, witness; blaspheme, curse. See affirmation, imprecation. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To curse] Syn. blaspheme, utter profanity, cuss*; see curse 1 , 2 . 2. [To take …

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  • 119avowal — (n.) 1727, from AVOW (Cf. avow) + AL (Cf. al) (2) …

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  • 120disavow — (v.) late 14c., from O.Fr. desavouer (13c.), from des opposite of (see DIS (Cf. dis )) + avouer (see AVOW (Cf. avow)). Related: Disavowed; disavowing …

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