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
"He is young, strong, and of good parts," said the player—"I can avouch it."
From William Shakespeare as he lived. An Historical Tale by Henry Curling
"I am well trained in navigation, as Sir Richard Grenville can avouch."
From The Golden Galleon BEING A NARRATIVE OF THE ADVENTURES OF MASTER GILBERT OGLANDER, AND OF HOW, IN THE YEAR 1591, HE FOUGHT UNDER THE GALLANT SIR by Robert Leighton
And now, amiable and considerate reader, you have "ab imo pectore" my honest avouch for what I propose to lay before you, and a plain confession of my weaknesses.
From Quodlibet by John Pendleton Kennedy
No other reason can be assigned, but that it was necessary then to avouch the testimony for that indispensible duty then interdicted.
From A Hind Let Loose Or, An Historical Representation of the Testimonies of the Church of Scotland for the Interest of Christ. With the True State Thereof in All Its Periods by Alexander Shields
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