avowern.1
/əˈvaʊə/ One who avows.
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the mind > language > statement > acknowledgement, avowal, or confession > [noun] > one who
knowledgera1382
avower?1555
the mind > language > speech > agreement > promise > [noun] > one who promises or vows
swearerc1380
beheterc1384
behighterc1475
promiserc1475
vower1546
votary1548
avower?1555
bearer1579
obligee1590
jurora1593
vow-fellow1598
vow-maker1598
stipulator1611
votist1613
plightera1616
voter1621
obligatora1625
obliger1633
promissor1644
promisor1665
sponsor1677
pledger1768
sanctioner1846
pledgee1924
oath-keepera1973
?1555 J. Bradford Exhort. carienge Chrystes Crosse iv. 53 The wicked..runne from god to theyr avowryes, saynctes, and unlawfull meanes.
1624 Bp. J. Hall Serm. Chappell Earle of Exceter 4 Set out by the stile of the promiser, and avower.
1668 J. Dryden Of Dramatick Poesie 25 A bold Avower of his own virtues.
1783 Ainsworth's Thes. Linguæ Latinæ (new ed.) An avower, Qui aliquid affirmat.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
† avowern.2
Obsolete.
Avowing, avowal. [Cited as yet only in form avoure n.2 and advower n. ]
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online December 2019).
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n.2- spittle-founder
- spittle-holiness
- spittle-house
- spittle-insect
- spittle-luck
- spittle-maker
- spittle-man
- spittle-mare
- spittle-position
- spittle-spade
- spittle-staff
- spittle-wort
- spittleball
- spittlebeggar
- spittlebishop
- spittled
- spittledoor
- spittleevil
- spittlefly
- spittlefounder
- spittleholiness
- spittlehouse
- spittleinsect
- spittleluck
- spittlemaker