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avoucher

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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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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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