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avouch vt.
vi. 斷言,聲言,主張,承認
n. 聲明,保證,承認 斷言,聲言,主張,承認聲明,保証,承認 avouch v 1: admit openly and bluntly; make no bones about [ synonym: { avow}, { avouch}] [ ant: { disavow}] Avouch \ A* vouch"\, v. t. [ 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}, v. t.] 1. To appeal to; to cite or claim as authority. [ Obs.] [ 1913 Webster] They avouch many successions of authorities. -- Coke. [ 1913 Webster] 2. To maintain a just or true; to vouch for. [ 1913 Webster] We might be disposed to question its authenticity, it if were not avouched by the full evidence. -- Milman. [ 1913 Webster] 3. To declare or assert positively and as matter of fact; to affirm openly. [ 1913 Webster] If this which he avouches does appear. -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster] Such antiquities could have been avouched for the Irish. -- Spenser. [ 1913 Webster] 4. To acknowledge deliberately; to admit; to confess; to sanction. [ 1913 Webster] Thou hast avouched the Lord this day to be thy God. -- Deut. xxvi. 17. [ 1913 Webster]
Avouch \ A* vouch"\, n. Evidence; declaration. [ Obs.] [ 1913 Webster] The sensible and true avouch Of mine own eyes. -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster] 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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