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Avow

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Verb

1. affirm, assert, aver, avow, swan, swear, verify

to declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true

Example Sentences:
'Before God I swear I am innocent'

2. avouch, avow

admit openly and bluntly; make no bones about

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Avow

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verb (transitive)
1. 
to state or affirm
2. 
to admit openly
3. law rare
to justify or maintain (some action taken)

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Avow

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verb transitive
1. 
to declare openly or admit frankly
2. 
to acknowledge or claim (oneself) to be
he avowed himself a patriot

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Avow

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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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