verb (used with object)
to declare frankly or openly; own; acknowledge; confess; admit: He avowed himself an opponent of all alliances.
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avow (əˈvaʊ) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —vb | |
| 1. | to state or affirm |
| 2. | to admit openly |
| 3. | rare law to justify or maintain (some action taken) |
| [C13: from Old French avouer to confess, from Latin advocāre to appeal to, call upon; see | |
| a'vowable | |
| —adj | |
| a'vowal | |
| —n | |
| avowed | |
| —adj | |
| avowedly | |
| —adv | |
| a'vower | |
| —n | |
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Example sentences
He says, our behaviour ought to agree with our words, and avow our belief that our departed friends are in a state of bliss.
Unbelievers had to be exceptionally courageous to avow their infidelity.
Or maybe it is real, as those who claim to have seen it avow.
They are shaken to their senses in time, and avow to await their turn for adult responsibilities.
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