avow
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avowing, present participle; avowed, past participle; avows, 3rd person singular present; avowed, past tense;
/əˈvou/,
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avowing, present participle; avowed, past participle; avows, 3rd person singular present; avowed, past tense;
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Assert or confess openly
- - he avowed that he had voted Republican in every election
- - he avowed his change of faith
Web Definitions:
- affirm: to declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true; "Before God I swear I am innocent"
- admit openly and bluntly; make no bones about
- To declare openly and boldly, as something believed to be right; to own, acknowledge or confess frankly
- Latin Ad-vovere, to vow to: ad-vocare. To declare openly; to acknowledge and justify an act; opposed to disavow.