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Avouch

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a⋅vouch

  [uh-vouch]
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–verb (used with object)
1. to make frank acknowledgment or affirmation of; declare or assert with positiveness.
2. to assume responsibility for; vouch for; guarantee.
3. to admit; confess.
Origin:
1350–1400; ME avouchen < MF avouchier < L advocāre. See a- 5 , vouch, advocate

Related forms:
a⋅vouch⋅er, noun
a⋅vouch⋅ment, noun
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a·vouch   (ə-vouch')   
tr.v.   a·vouched, a·vouch·ing, a·vouch·es

  1. To declare the provable truth or validity of; affirm: She avouched that she herself was innocent.

  2. To corroborate or confirm; vouch for: Has this report been avouched?

  3. To accept responsibility for (an action, for example); acknowledge.

  4. To avow; confess.


[Middle English avouchen, to cite as a warrant, from Old French avochier, from Latin advocāre, to summon; see advocate.]
a·vouch'ment n.
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Word Origin & History

avouch 
1494, from M.Fr. avochier "call upon as authority," from O.Fr., from L. advocare "call to" as a witness (see advocate).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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