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avow

avow is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 4 senses. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.

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  1. 1.(Law) To acknowledge and justify, as an act done. See Avowry. Blackstone. See Confess.
  2. 2.Avowal. [Obs.] Dryden.
  3. 3.To bind, or to devote, by a vow. [Obs.] Wyclif.
  4. 4.A vow or determination. [Archaic]

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

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

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