Found 3 items, similar to Avowed.
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: avowed
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English → English (WordNet)
Definition: avowed
avowed
adj : openly declared as such;
“an avowed enemy”;
“her professed
love of everything about that country”;
“McKinley was
assassinated by a professed anarchist” [syn:
avowed(a),
professed(a)]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Avowed
Avowed
\A*vowed"\, a.
Openly acknowledged or declared; admitted. --
A*vow"ed*ly,
adv.
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Avow
\A*vow"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Avowed (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Avowing.] [F. avouver, fr. L. advocare to call to (whence
the meanings, to call upon as superior; recognize as lord,
own, confess); ad + vocare to call. See
Advocate,
Avouch.]
1. To declare openly, as something believed to be right; to
own or acknowledge frankly; as, a man avows his principles
or his crimes.
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Which I to be the of Israel's God
Avow, and challenge Dagon to the test. --Milton.
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2. (Law) To acknowledge and justify, as an act done. See
Avowry. --Blackstone.
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Syn: To acknowledge; own; confess. See
Confess.
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