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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Avowed \A*vowed"\, a. Openly acknowledged or declared; admitted. -- {A*vow"ed*ly}, adv From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Avow \A*vow"\, v. t. [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 1.6 [wn]: avowed adj 1: 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)}] 2: asserted as true under oath; "a statement attested by witnesses" [syn: {attested}] 3: openly affirmed; "an avowed Jeffersonian" [syn: {avowed(a)}]
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