avow

C2+ Topic:Actions & Processes

US /əˈvaʊ/ UK /əˈvaʊ/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

verb
to declare or assert openly and confidently

He stood to avow his loyalty before the assembly.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 verb · to declare or assert openly... declare affirm assert acknowledge confess profess admitavouch

Opposites

deny disavow disclaim repudiate conceal

Word family

Derived forms avowalavowedavowedlyavoweravowable

Related forms vowavouchavowal

Etymology

From Old French avouer ('to acknowledge, declare'), from Latin advocare ('to call to'), from ad- ('to') + vocare ('to call'); sense influenced by Latin votum ('vow').

advocare Latin vocare Latin

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# avow

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** verb
**IPA (US):** /əˈvaʊ/
**IPA (UK):** /əˈvaʊ/

## Meanings
1. to declare or assert openly and confidently

## Examples
- He stood to avow his loyalty before the assembly.

## Synonyms
- declare
- affirm
- assert
- acknowledge
- confess
- profess
- admit
- avouch

## Antonyms
- deny
- disavow
- disclaim
- repudiate
- conceal

## Derived Forms
- avowal
- avowed
- avowedly
- avower
- avowable

## Related Forms
- vow
- avouch
- avowal

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: advocare
- Root: vocare

## Etymology
From Old French avouer ('to acknowledge, declare'), from Latin advocare ('to call to'), from ad- ('to') + vocare ('to call'); sense influenced by Latin votum ('vow').

## AI Etymology
Avow is from Old French avouer ('to acknowledge, declare'), from Latin advocare ('to call to'), from ad- ('to') + vocare ('to call'); sense influenced by Latin votum ('vow'). Important recorded forms include advocare (Latin) and vocare (Latin). Morphologically, the word is a built form whose named elements carry part of the historical sense. The current sense covers to declare or assert openly and confidently. The wider family includes derived forms such as avowal, avowed, avowedly, avower, and avowable and related words such as vow, avouch, and avowal.

## Topics
- Actions & Processes

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