avouch
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Before my God, I might not this believe, without the sensible and true avouch of mine own eyes.
From Textbooks • Mar. 27, 2020
Grist said, And, scratching his head, Seemed pondering between good and evil,— "I could swear and avouch 'Twas the Prior of Roche,— If thou hadst not said 'twas the Devil!"
From The Baron's Yule Feast: A Christmas Rhyme by Cooper, Thomas
They avouch Him to be their God; He avouches them to be His people.
From The Ordinance of Covenanting by Cunningham, John
That the proverb is by no means of general application, the experience of every one can avouch.
From The International Monthly, Volume 5, No. 4, April, 1852 by Various
Avow and avouch take a direct object; aver is followed by a conjunction: a man avows his faith, avouches a deed, avers that he was present.
From English Synonyms and Antonyms With Notes on the Correct Use of Prepositions by Fernald, James Champlin
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