What does avouch mean?
Definitions for avouch
əˈvaʊtʃavouch
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Princeton's WordNet
avow, avouchverb
admit openly and bluntly; make no bones about
Wiktionary
avouchverb
To freely and openly admit.
avouchverb
To confess.
avouchverb
To confirm or verify, to affirm the validity of.
Etymology: From avouchier, from advocāre, present active infinitive of advocō.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Avouchnoun
Declaration; evidence.
Etymology: from the verb.
I might not this believe,
Without the sensible and try’d avouch
Of mine own eyes. William Shakespeare, Hamlet.To Avouchverb
Etymology: avouer, Fr.
They boldly avouched that themselves only had the truth, which they would at all times defend. Richard Hooker, Pref.
Wretched though I seem,
I can produce a champion that will prove
What is avouched here. William Shakespeare, King Lear.Such antiquities could have been avouched for the Irish. Edmund Spenser, Ireland.
You will think you made no offence, if the duke avouch the justice of your dealing. William Shakespeare, Measure for Measure.
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avouch
Avouch is a verb which means to affirm or assert the truth, validity, or reliability of something. It could also refer to accepting responsibility for an action, deed, or situation.
Webster Dictionary
Avouchverb
to appeal to; to cite or claim as authority
Avouchverb
to maintain a just or true; to vouch for
Avouchverb
to declare or assert positively and as matter of fact; to affirm openly
Avouchverb
to acknowledge deliberately; to admit; to confess; to sanction
Avouchnoun
evidence; declaration
Etymology: [OF. avochier, LL. advocare to recognize the existence of a thing, to advocate, fr. L. advocare to call to; ad + vocare to call. Cf. Avow to declare, Advocate, and see Vouch, v. t.]
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Avouch
a-vowch′, v.t. to avow: to assert or own positively: to maintain: guarantee; to appeal to. v.i. to give assurance of.—n. (Shak.) evidence.—adj. Avouch′able.—n. Avouch′ment. [O. Fr. avochier—L. advocāre, to call to one's aid. See Vouch.]
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of avouch in Chaldean Numerology is: 1
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of avouch in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7
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