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
That bonnets are the source of a multitude of evils is a truth that every married man will not, for a moment, hesitate to avouch; however Henry or Augustus—not yet married—may hypocritically venture to dispute.
From Punch - Volume 25 (Jul-Dec 1853) by Various
Avow and avouch take a direct object; aver is followed by a conjunction: a man avows his faith, avouches a deed, avers that he was present.
From English Synonyms and Antonyms With Notes on the Correct Use of Prepositions by Fernald, James Champlin
For the smiling lips of men More insultingly declare, Even than their lips avouch, All their insolence of soul.
From Atta Troll by Heine, Heinrich
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