avow

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. Avowal. [Obs.] Dryden. To bind, or to devote, by a vow. [Obs.] Wyclif. A vow or determination. [Archaic]

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