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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Avowed \A*vowed"\, adjective Openly acknowledged or declared; admitted. -- {A*vow"ed*ly}, adverb
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Avow \A*vow"\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Avowed} (?); p. pr. & vb. n. {Avowing}.] [F. avouver, fr. L. advocare to call to (whence the meanings, to call upon as superior; recognize as lord, own, confess); ad + vocare to call. See {Advocate}, {Avouch}.]
1. To declare openly, as something believed to be right; to own or acknowledge frankly; as, a man avows his principles or his crimes.
Which I to be the of Israel's God Avow, and challenge Dagon to the test. --Milton.
2. (Law) To acknowledge and justify, as an act done. See {Avowry}. --Blackstone.
Syn: To acknowledge; own; confess. See {Confess}.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
avowed
adjective: openly declared as such; "an avowed enemy"; "her professed love of everything about that country"; "McKinley was assassinated by a professed anarchist" [syn: {avowed(a)}, {professed(a)}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
55 Moby Thesaurus words for "avowed": accepted, acknowledged, admitted, affirmed, alleged, allowed, announced, approved, asserted, asseverated, attested, authenticated, averred, avouched, certified, claimed, conceded, confessed, confirmed, countersigned, declared, deposed, endorsed, enunciated, granted, hypocritical, in name only, manifestoed, notarized, ostensible, pledged, predicated, pretended, pretexted, professed, pronounced, purported, ratified, received, recognized, sealed, signed, so-called, specious, stamped, stated, sworn, sworn and affirmed, sworn to, underwritten, validated, vouched, vouched for, vowed, warranted
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