Sekirov Dictionary

avow

/əˈvaʊ/

verb 3
noun 1
forms 5

verb3

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To declare openly and boldly, as something believed to be right; to own, acknowledge or confess frankly.
- […] in 1786, and for some period later, there were few, if any, prominent Americans, who avowed themselves in favor of broadly democratic systems. — 1858
To acknowledge and justify, as an act done. See avowry.
•
To bind or devote by a vow.
- No man may halewe and avowe the firste gendrid thingis that perteynen to the Lord, whether it is oxe, whether scheep, tho ben the Lordis part. — 1850

noun1

(no longer used) avowal

forms

avowed · avowing · avoweth · avows · avowest

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