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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Avouch \A*vouch"\, noun Evidence; declaration. [Obs.]
The sensible and true avouch Of mine own eyes. --Shak.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Avouch \A*vouch"\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Avouched} (?); p. pr. & vb. n. {Avouching}.] [OF. avochier, LL. advocare to recognize the existence of a thing, to advocate, fr. L. advocare to call to; ad + vocare to call. Cf. {Avow} to declare, {Advocate}, and see {Vouch}, verb (used with an object)]
1. To appeal to; to cite or claim as authority. [Obs.]
They avouch many successions of authorities. --Coke.
2. To maintain a just or true; to vouch for.
We might be disposed to question its authenticity, it if were not avouched by the full evidence. --Milman.
3. To declare or assert positively and as matter of fact; to affirm openly.
If this which he avouches does appear. --Shak.
Such antiquities could have been avouched for the Irish. --Spenser.
4. To acknowledge deliberately; to admit; to confess; to sanction.
Thou hast avouched the Lord this day to be thy God. --Deut. xxvi. 17.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
avouch
verb: admit openly and bluntly; make no bones about [syn: {avow}] [ant: {disavow}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
66 Moby Thesaurus words for "avouch": acknowledge, admit, affirm, allege, announce, annunciate, argue, assert, assever, asseverate, assure, attest, aver, avow, bear witness, certify, confess, confirm, contend, corroborate, countersign, declare, depone, depose, disclose, enunciate, express, express the belief, give evidence, guarantee, have, hold, insist, issue a manifesto, lay down, maintain, make a promise, manifesto, own, pledge, plight, predicate, proclaim, profess, promise, pronounce, protest, put, put it, say, set down, speak, speak out, speak up, stand for, stand on, state, submit, swear, testify, troth, underwrite, vouch, vow, warrant, witness
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