avouch

[uh-vouch] / əˈvaʊtʃ /

VERB

assert

Synonyms

STRONG

admit affirm announce argue asseverate aver avow certify claim contend declare hold maintain say state swear verify

Antonyms

STRONG

abandon ask condemn deny desert disavow disclaim discredit dispute ignore invalidate question reject repudiate

Example Sentences

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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

We avouch the Lord this day to be our God, and ourselves to be his people, in the truth and sincerity of our hearts.

From Memorials of the Independent Churches in Northamptonshire with biographical notices of their pastors, and some account of the puritan ministers who laboured in the county. by Coleman, Thomas

Did the writers of the four gospels have "the sensible and true avouch of their own eyes and ears" in that behalf?

From Ingersollia Gems of Thought from the Lectures, Speeches, and Conversations of Col. Robert G. Ingersoll, Representative of His Opinions and Beliefs by Ingersoll, Robert Green

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

One of the most sensible and practical of all proverbs, as every body's experience can avouch.

From The International Monthly, Volume 5, No. 4, April, 1852 by Various

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