avow
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[edit] Etymology
From Old French avouer, from Latin advocare (“to call to, call upon, hence to call as a witness, defender, patron, or advocate”), from ad (“to”) + vocare (“to call”).
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- Rhymes: -aʊ
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avow (third-person singular simple present avows, present participle avowing, simple past and past participle avowed)
- (transitive) 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.
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declare openly
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[edit] External links
- avow in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- avow in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
- avow at OneLook Dictionary Search
