Avouch

[ә'vautʃ]

Definition

(v. t.) To appeal to; to cite or claim as authority.

(v. t.) To maintain a just or true; to vouch for.

(v. t.) To declare or assert positively and as matter of fact; to affirm openly.

(v. t.) To acknowledge deliberately; to admit; to confess; to sanction.

(n.) Evidence; declaration.

Edited by Christine

Synonyms and Synonymous

v. a. Affirm, assert, asseverate, declare, protest, allege, say, maintain.

Typed by Alice

Synonyms and Antonyms

SYN:Aver, protest, declare, propound, asseverate, profess

ANT:Deny, contradict, oppose, oppugn, contravene, controvert, gainsay

Typed by Duane

Definition

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.

Typist: Stephanie