avow

a·vow

 (ə-vou′)

tr.v. a·vowed, a·vow·ing, a·vows

1. To acknowledge or declare openly and unashamedly: avowed their faith in the electoral process.

2. To state positively; declare: "Various church councils have avowed that evolution poses no threat to supernatural belief" (Frederick C. Crews).

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[Middle English avowen, from Old French avouer, from Latin advocāre, to call upon; see advocate.]

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a·vow′a·ble adj.

a·vow′a·bly adv.

a·vow′ed·ly (-ĭd-lē) adv.

a·vow′er n.

avow

(əˈvaʊ)

vb (tr)

1. to state or affirm

2. to admit openly

3. (Law) law rare to justify or maintain (some action taken)

[C13: from Old French avouer to confess, from Latin advocāre to appeal to, call upon; see avouch, advocate]

aˈvowable adj

aˈvowal n

avowed adj

avowedly adv

aˈvower n

a•vow

(əˈvaʊ)

v.t.

to declare frankly or openly; acknowledge; admit.

[1150–1200; Middle English < Old French avouer < Latin advocāre; see advocate]

a•vow′a•ble, adj.

a•vow′er, n.

avow

Past participle: avowed
Gerund: avowing

Imperative

avow

avow

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	avow - to declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true; "Before God I swear I am innocent" swan, swear, affirm, assert, aver, verify hold - assert or affirm; "Rousseau's philosophy holds that people are inherently good" claim, take - lay claim to; as of an idea; "She took credit for the whole idea" attest - authenticate, affirm to be true, genuine, or correct, as in an official capacity; "I attest this signature" declare - state firmly; "He declared that he was innocent" declare - state emphatically and authoritatively; "He declared that he needed more money to carry out the task he was charged with" protest - affirm or avow formally or solemnly; "The suspect protested his innocence" assure, tell - inform positively and with certainty and confidence; "I tell you that man is a crook!"
	2.	avow - admit openly and bluntly; make no bones about avouch acknowledge, admit - declare to be true or admit the existence or reality or truth of; "He admitted his errors"; "She acknowledged that she might have forgotten" disavow - refuse to acknowledge; disclaim knowledge of; responsibility for, or association with; "Her husband disavowed her after 30 years of marriage and six children"

avow

verb state, maintain, declare, allege, recognize, swear, assert, proclaim, affirm, profess, aver, asseverate a public statement avowing neutrality

avow

verb

1. To recognize, often reluctantly, the reality or truth of:

acknowledge, admit, concede, confess, grant, own (up).

Slang: fess up.

Chiefly Regional: allow.

2. To put into words positively and with conviction:

affirm, allege, argue, assert, asseverate, aver, avouch, claim, contend, declare, hold, maintain, say, state.

Idiom: have it.

Translations

avouerconfessercroirehomologuer

avow

[əˈvaʊ] VT (frm)

1. (= recognize) → reconocer, admitir, confesar
many men avow they find blondes insipid and cold → muchos hombres admiten or reconocen or confiesan que las rubias les parecen frías e insípidas
he avowed himself beaten → reconoció or admitió que había perdido

2. (= affirm) → afirmar, declarar

avow

[əˈvaʊ] (formal) vt (= declare) → déclarer
to avow that ... → déclarer que ...

avow

vt (liter) → erklären; belief, faith → bekennen; to avow one’s love (to somebody) → (jdm) seine Liebe erklären or gestehen, sich (jdm) erklären; he avowed himself to be a royalist → er bekannte (offen), Royalist zu sein

avow

[əˈvaʊ] vt (frm) (declare) → dichiarare apertamente