See avow on Wiktionary
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"word": "reavow"
},
{
"word": "unavowable"
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"word": "unavowed"
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"Quotation templates to be cleaned"
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"ref": "1858, Henry Stephens Randall, The Life of Thomas Jefferson, volume 1, page 461:",
"text": "[…] in 1786, and for some period later, there were few, if any, prominent Americans, who avowed themselves in favor of broadly democratic systems.",
"type": "quote"
}
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"To declare openly and boldly, as something believed to be right; to own, acknowledge or confess frankly."
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"declare"
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[
"openly",
"openly"
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"boldly",
"boldly"
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[
"own",
"own"
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[
"acknowledge",
"acknowledge"
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"confess"
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"(transitive) To declare openly and boldly, as something believed to be right; to own, acknowledge or confess frankly."
],
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"transitive"
]
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"English transitive verbs"
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"glosses": [
"To bind or devote by a vow."
],
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"bind",
"bind"
],
[
"devote",
"devote"
],
[
"vow",
"vow"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive) To bind or devote by a vow."
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"transitive"
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{
"ref": "1765–1769, William Blackstone, Commentaries on the Laws of England, (please specify |book=I to IV), Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] Clarendon Press, →OCLC:",
"text": "avow himself the accomplice of his crimes",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To acknowledge and justify, as an act done. See avowry."
],
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"law",
"law#English"
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[
"avowry",
"avowry#English"
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"raw_glosses": [
"(law) To acknowledge and justify, as an act done. See avowry."
],
"topics": [
"law"
]
}
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"ipa": "/əˈvaʊ/"
},
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},
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"rhymes": "-aʊ"
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{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "priznavám",
"sense": "declare openly",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "признава́м"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "declare openly",
"word": "confessar"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "declare openly",
"word": "招認"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "zhāorèn",
"sense": "declare openly",
"word": "招认"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "gōngyán",
"sense": "declare openly",
"word": "公言"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "declare openly",
"word": "承認"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "chéngrèn",
"sense": "declare openly",
"word": "承认"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "declare openly",
"word": "公開說"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "gōngkāi shuō",
"sense": "declare openly",
"word": "公开说"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "declare openly",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "prohlásit"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "declare openly",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "oznámit"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "declare openly",
"word": "vedkende"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "declare openly",
"word": "myöntää avoimesti"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "declare openly",
"word": "tunnustaa"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "declare openly",
"word": "avouer"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "declare openly",
"word": "confesser"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "declare openly",
"word": "bekennen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "declare openly",
"word": "gestehen"
},
{
"alt": "こうげんする",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "kōgen suru",
"sense": "declare openly",
"word": "公言する"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "declare openly",
"word": "profiteor"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "izjavuva",
"sense": "declare openly",
"word": "изјавува"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "declare openly",
"word": "tūtohu"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "declare openly",
"word": "admitir"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "declare openly",
"word": "mărturisi"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "priznavátʹ",
"sense": "declare openly",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "признава́ть"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "priznátʹ",
"sense": "declare openly",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "призна́ть"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "priznavátʹsja",
"sense": "declare openly",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "признава́ться"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "priznátʹsja",
"sense": "declare openly",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "призна́ться"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "soznavátʹsja",
"sense": "declare openly",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "сознава́ться"
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "soznátʹsja",
"sense": "declare openly",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "созна́ться"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "declare openly",
"word": "aidich"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "declare openly",
"word": "confesar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "declare openly",
"word": "admitir"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "declare openly",
"word": "reconocer"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "declare openly",
"word": "bekänna"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "declare openly",
"word": "erkänna"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "declare openly",
"word": "itiraf etmek"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "declare openly",
"word": "açıkça söylemek"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "declare openly",
"word": "ilan etmek"
}
],
"word": "avow"
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"Rhymes:English/aʊ",
"Rhymes:English/aʊ/2 syllables",
"Terms with Bulgarian translations",
"Terms with Catalan translations",
"Terms with Czech translations",
"Terms with Danish translations",
"Terms with Finnish translations",
"Terms with French translations",
"Terms with German translations",
"Terms with Japanese translations",
"Terms with Latin translations",
"Terms with Macedonian translations",
"Terms with Mandarin translations",
"Terms with Maori translations",
"Terms with Portuguese translations",
"Terms with Romanian translations",
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"Terms with Swedish translations",
"Terms with Turkish translations"
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"name": "inh"
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"1": "en",
"2": "fro",
"3": "avouer"
},
"expansion": "Old French avouer",
"name": "der"
},
{
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"1": "en",
"2": "la",
"3": "advoco",
"4": "advocare",
"5": "to call to, call upon, hence to call as a witness, defender, patron, or advocate"
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"2": "advoke",
"3": "avouch",
"4": "advocate"
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{
"ref": "1697, Virgil, “The Twelfth Book of the Æneis”, in John Dryden, transl., The Works of Virgil: Containing His Pastorals, Georgics, and Æneis. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC:",
"text": "without thy Knowledge and Avow",
"type": "quote"
}
],
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"avowal"
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[
"avowal",
"avowal"
]
],
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"(obsolete) avowal"
],
"tags": [
"obsolete"
]
}
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"sounds": [
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"ipa": "/əˈvaʊ/"
},
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"audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-avow.wav",
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},
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}
],
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}
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