avow 音标拼音: [əv'ɑʊ]
vt . 声明,承认,招认
声明,承认,招认
avow v 1 :
to declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true ; "
Before God I swear I am innocent " [
synonym : {
affirm }, {
verify },
{
assert }, {
avow }, {
aver }, {
swan }, {
swear }]
2 :
admit openly and bluntly ;
make no bones about [
synonym : {
avow },
{
avouch }] [
ant : {
disavow }]
Avow \
A *
vow "\,
n . [
Cf .
F .
aveu .]
Avowal . [
Obs .] --
Dryden .
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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 .
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Avow \
A *
vow "\,
n .
A vow or determination . [
Archaic ]
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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 declare openly ,
as something believed to be right ;
to own or acknowledge frankly ;
as ,
a man avows his principles or his crimes .
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Which I to be the of Israel '
s God Avow ,
and challenge Dagon to the test . --
Milton .
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2 . (
Law )
To acknowledge and justify ,
as an act done .
See {
Avowry }. --
Blackstone .
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Syn :
To acknowledge ;
own ;
confess .
See {
Confess }.
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86 Moby Thesaurus words for "
avow ":
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 AVOW or ADVOW ,
practice .
Signifies to justify or maintain an act formerly done .
For example ,
when replevin is brought for a thing distrained ,
and the distrainer justifies the taking ,
he is said to avow .
Termes de la Ley .
This word also signifies to bring forth anything .
Formerly when a stolen thing was found in the possession of any one "
he was bound advocare ,
i .
e .
to produce the seller from whom he alleged he had bought it ,
to justify the sale ,
and so on till they found the thief .
Afterwards the word was taken to mean anything which a man admitted to be his own or done by him ,
and in this sense it is mentioned in Fleta ,
lib .
1 ,
c .
5 ,
par 4 .
Cunn .,
Dict .
h .
t .
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