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 Thomas Cooper
Give us leave to avouch our sincerity in this matter, and it will take away the respect of idolatry in God's worship.”
From The Works of Mr. George Gillespie (Vol. 1 of 2) by George Gillespie
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 Thomas Coleman
"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
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