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Definition of avouch in English: avouchverb əˈvaʊtʃəˈvaʊtʃ [with object]archaic Affirm or assert. 〈古〉断言 the locket contains ringlets which he avouches to be relics of a Spanish girl Example sentencesExamples - Paulina and her friends being gone, I scarce could avouch that I had really seen them.
- Ask Wall Street and they would enthusiastically avouch that they are quite up to the task - more than able and willing.
- We might be disposed to question its authenticity, it if were not avouched by the full evidence.
Synonyms assert, maintain, state, aver, affirm, contend, argue, insist, hold, profess, move, claim, allege, avow, vow, swear, attest, testify, certify
OriginLate 15th century: from Old French avochier, from Latin advocare 'summon in defence', from ad- 'to' + vocare 'to call'. Rhymescouch, crouch, debouch, grouch, ouch, pouch, slouch, vouch Definition of avouch in US English: avouchverbəˈvaʊtʃəˈvouCH [with object]archaic Affirm or assert. 〈古〉断言 the locket contains ringlets which he avouches to be relics of a Spanish girl Example sentencesExamples - Ask Wall Street and they would enthusiastically avouch that they are quite up to the task - more than able and willing.
- Paulina and her friends being gone, I scarce could avouch that I had really seen them.
- We might be disposed to question its authenticity, it if were not avouched by the full evidence.
Synonyms assert, maintain, state, aver, affirm, contend, argue, insist, hold, profess, move, claim, allege, avow, vow, swear, attest, testify, certify
OriginLate 15th century: from Old French avochier, from Latin advocare ‘summon in defense’, from ad- ‘to’ + vocare ‘to call’. |