英语词汇“avow”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词

avow

释义

avow /ə-vowˈ/

transitive verb

To declare
To acknowledge, own to
To maintain or affirm

intransitive verb (law)

To justify an act done

noun (archaic)

A solemn promise
A vow

ORIGIN: OFr avouer, orig to swear fealty to, from L ad to, and LL vōtāre, from L vōtum a vow: with sense affected by L advocāre. See vow and avouch

avowˈable adjective

avowˈableness noun

avowˈal noun

A positive declaration
An acknowledgement
A frank confession

avowedˈ adjective

avowˈedly adverb

avowˈer noun

avowˈry noun

The act of avowing and justifying in one's own right the distraining of goods (law; historical)
Advocacy considered as personified in a patron saint (obsolete)

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