Definitions

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

What is the distinctive sense of aver? of avouch? of avow?

From English Synonyms and Antonyms With Notes on the Correct Use of Prepositions by Fernald, James Champlin

And it is equally a fact, which every man's experience may avouch, that the Understanding and those feelings are frequently at variance.

From Eighteenth Century Essays on Shakespeare by Smith, David Nichol

I cannot avouch for that, your Majesty, but he is highly commended by his master, an honest soldier, who places him at your Majesty's service.

From Valeria The Martyr of the Catacombs by Withrow, William Henry

For every averment they had "the sensible and true avouch of their own eyes" and ears.

From The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 6 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Discussions by Ingersoll, Robert Green

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