Meaning of AVOW
| Pronunciation: | | u'vaw
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- [v] admit openly and bluntly; make no bones about
- [v] to declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true; "Before God I swear I am innocent"
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| | Synonyms: | | affirm, assert, aver, avouch, swan, swear, verify |
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| | Antonyms: | | disavow | | |
| | See Also: | | acknowledge, admit, assure, attest, claim, declare, hold, protest, take, tell | |
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\A*vow"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Avowed} (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
{Avowing}.] [F. avouver, fr. L. advocare to call to (whence
the meanings, to call upon as superior; recognize as lord,
own, confess); ad + vocare to call. See {Advocate},
{Avouch}.]
1. To declare openly, as something believed to be right; to
own or acknowledge frankly; as, a man avows his principles
or his crimes.
Which I to be the of Israel's God Avow, and
challenge Dagon to the test. --Milton.
2. (Law) To acknowledge and justify, as an act done. See
{Avowry}. --Blackstone.
Syn: To acknowledge; own; confess. See {Confess}.
\A*vow"\, n. [Cf. F. aveu.]
Avowal. [Obs.] --Dryden.
\A*vow"\, v. t. & i. [OF. avouer, fr. LL. votare to vow,
fr. L. votun. See {Vote}, n.]
To bind, or to devote, by a vow. [Obs.] --Wyclif.
\A*vow"\, n.
A vow or determination. [Archaic]
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| | Related Terms: | | 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, come clean, concede, confess, contend, cop a plea, declare, defend, depone, depose, disclose, enunciate, express, express general agreement, express the belief, give evidence, go along with, grant, have, hold, insist, issue a manifesto, lay down, let on, maintain, manifesto, not oppose, open up, out with it, own, own up, plead guilty, predicate, pretend, pretext, proclaim, profess, pronounce, protest, protest too much, purport, put, put it, recognize, say, set down, speak, speak out, speak up, spill, spill it, spit it out, stand for, stand on, state, submit, swear, tell all, tell the truth, testify, vindicate, vouch, vow, warrant, witness, yield |
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