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
Your story, good Martin," said Shakespeare, as Martin paused after telling some portion of his adventure and escape from the Spaniard, "on mine own authority I would hardly dare avouch.
From William Shakespeare as he lived. An Historical Tale by Curling, Henry
What sober man will dare once to avouch An infinite number of dispersed starres?
From Democritus Platonissans by More, Henry
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 Kennedy, John Pendleton
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