avow

avow
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, 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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  • avow — avow·al; avow·ant; avow·ry; dis·avow; avow; avow·ed·ly; …   English syllables

  • Avow — 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… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • avow — I verb acknowledge, admit, admit frankly, affirm, allege as a fact, articulate, assert, assert on oath, assert peremptorily, assert under oath, asseverate, attest, authenticate, aver, avouch, be bound, bear witness, certify, commit oneself,… …   Law dictionary

  • Avow — A*vow , n. [Cf. F. aveu.] Avowal. [Obs.] Dryden. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Avow — 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. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Avow — A*vow , n. A vow or determination. [Archaic] [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • avow — (v.) early 13c., from Anglo Fr. avouer, O.Fr. avoer acknowledge, accept, recognize, especially as a protector (Mod.Fr. avouer), from L. advocare (see ADVOCATE (Cf. advocate)). A synonym of AVOUCH (Cf. avouch) (q.v.), which tends to contain the… …   Etymology dictionary

  • avow — 1 affirm, profess, declare, aver, avouch, warrant, *assert, protest, predicate Analogous words: *maintain, defend, vindicate 2 own, *acknowledge, confess, admit Analogous words: proclaim, *declare, publish, announce: * …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • avow — [v] state; profess acknowledge, admit, affirm, allow, assert, aver, avouch, concede, confess, cross one’s heart*, declare, grant, maintain, own up, proclaim, swear, swear on bible*, swear up and down*; concepts 49,60,71 Ant. censure, condemn,… …   New thesaurus

  • avow — ► VERB ▪ assert or confess openly. DERIVATIVES avowal noun avowed adjective. ORIGIN Old French avouer acknowledge , from Latin advocare summon in defence …   English terms dictionary

  • avow — [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 …   English World dictionary

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