Free translatorFree translator
Synonyms, antonyms, pronunciation

  Home 		English Dictionary      examples: 'day', 'get rid of', 'New York Bay'




Avow   /əvˈaʊ/   Listen
verb
Avow  v. t. & v. i.  To bind, or to devote, by a vow. (Obs.)


Avow  v. t.  (past & past part. avowed; pres. part. avowing)  
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."
2.
(Law) To acknowledge and justify, as an act done. See Avowry.
Synonyms: To acknowledge; own; confess. See Confess.


noun
Avow  n.  Avowal. (Obs.)


Avow  n.  A vow or determination. (Archaic)





Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48


Advanced search
     Find words:
Starting with
Ending with
Containing
Matching a pattern  

Synonyms
Antonyms
Quotes
Words linked to  

only single words


Share |




"Avow" Quotes from Famous Books



... the Helmstadt school of Calixt in Germany, and the Saumur school of Amyrault, Cameron, and Placaeus, in France; and is stated decidedly by a series of writers in the English church. Some of the latter go so far as to avow, ({GREEK SMALL LETTER BETA}) that the value of the religious element in the revelation would not be lessened if errors were admitted in the scientific and miscellaneous matter which accompanies it. This admission increased after the speculations ...
— History of Free Thought in Reference to The Christian Religion • Adam Storey Farrar
... stain, Burst asunder his temple's vein; His horn he soundeth in anguish drear; King Karl and the Franks around him hear. Said Karl, "That horn is long of breath." Said Naimes, "'Tis Roland who travaileth. There is battle yonder by mine avow. He who betrayed him deceives you now. Arm, sire; ring forth your rallying cry, And stand your noble household by; For you hear ...
— The Harvard Classics, Volume 49, Epic and Saga - With Introductions And Notes • Various
... desirous of announcing it in his magazine, and therefore I wish to prepare you for the shock. I can say nothing more than I have already said on the subject of vigilence, if not of secrecy. I never will avow myself, and nothing can hurt and offend me so much as any of my friends doing it for me; this is not faron de parler, but my real and unalterable feeling; I could not bear the fuss ...
— Marriage • Susan Edmonstone Ferrier
... how far he guided or followed the sentiments of his soldiery we know not, but the fact is certain, that he and they put themselves in motion forthwith, and joined the march of Buonaparte on the 17th at Auxerre. Ney, in the sequel, did not hesitate to avow that he had chosen the part of Napoleon long ere he pledged his oath to Louis; adding that the greater number of the marshals were, like himself, original members of the Elbese conspiracy. Of the latter of these assertions no other ...
— The History of Napoleon Buonaparte • John Gibson Lockhart
... of guests at present—one of them an old statesman with a massive silver head, and eyes that have looked into people's thoughts so long that you have an uncanny feeling that they can see right through your soul and read motives you dare not avow even to yourself. I was terribly in awe of him at first, but when I got acquainted with him I found him charming. He is not above talking delightful nonsense even to a girl. I sat by him at dinner, and he talked to me—not nonsense, either, this time. He told me of his ...
— Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1905 to 1906 • Lucy Maud Montgomery


More quotes...


Copyright © 2025 Free Translator.org