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- DictionaryA·vouch/əˈvouCH/
verb
- 1. affirm or assert: archaic "the locket contains ringlets which he avouches to be relics of a Spanish girl"
Avouch is a verb that means to declare as a fact, to vouch for, or to acknowledge something. Learn the synonyms, examples, word history, and etymology of avouch from Merriam-Webster dictionary.
Avouch definition: to make frank acknowledgment or affirmation of; declare or assert with positiveness.. See examples of AVOUCH used in a sentence.
When you avouch, you assert that something is true. An accused man might be acquitted if several eyewitnesses avouch that he was nowhere near the scene of the crime.
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From Old French avouchier, from Latin advocāre, present active infinitive of advocō. Doublet of advocate, advoke,and avow.
avouch (third-person singular simple present avouches, present participle avouching, simple past and past participle avouched) 1. To declare freely and openly; to assert. 1.1. 1596 (date written; published 1633), Edmund Spenser, A Vewe of the Present State of Irelande[…], Dublin: […] Societie of Stationers,[…], →OCLC; republished as A View of the S...
avouch (uncountable) 1. (obsolete) evidence; declaration 1.1. c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies[…] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene i]: 1.1.1. Before my God, I ...
Avouch is a verb that means to declare the truth or validity of something, or to guarantee or affirm something. It comes from the Latin word advocāre, meaning to summon as a witness.
avouch in American English. (əˈvautʃ) transitive verb. 1. to make frank acknowledgment or affirmation of; declare or assert with positiveness. 2. to assume responsibility for; vouch for; guarantee. 3. to admit; confess.
Avouch is a verb that means to declare something to be true or genuine, to state something as a fact, or to state something clearly and strongly. Find synonyms, antonyms, and usage examples of avouch in this online thesaurus.
