avouch

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1. 1.To maintain a just or true; to vouch for. We might be disposed to question its authencity, it if were not avouched by the full evidence. Milman.
2. 2.To declare or assert positively and as matter of fact; to affirm openly. If this which he avouches does appear. Shak. Such antiquities could have been avouched for the Irish. Spenser.
3. 3.To acknowledge deliberately; to admit; to confess; to sanction. Thou hast avouched the Lord this day to be thy God. Deut. xxvi.
4. 4.Evidence; declaration. [Obs.] The sensible and true avouch Of mine own eyes. Shak.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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• What is to maintain a just or true; to vouch for. We might be disposed to question its authencity, it if were not avouched by the full evidence. Milman called?
• What is to declare or assert positively and as matter of fact; to affirm openly. If this which he avouches does appear. Shak. Such antiquities could have been avouched for the Irish. Spenser called?
• What is to acknowledge deliberately; to admit; to confess; to sanction. Thou hast avouched the Lord this day to be thy God. Deut. xxvi called?
• What is evidence; declaration. [Obs.] The sensible and true avouch Of mine own eyes. Shak called?