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Definition of Avower
1. Noun. Someone who admits or acknowledges openly and boldly.
2. Noun. Someone who claims to speak the truth. "An avower of his own great intelligence"
Generic synonyms: Communicator
Specialized synonyms: Postulator
Derivative terms: Affirm, Assert, Asseverate, Avow, Declare
Definition of Avower
1. n. One who avows or asserts.
Definition of Avower
1. Noun. A person who avows ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Avower
1. one that avows [n -S] - See also: avows
Lexicographical Neighbors of Avower
Literary usage of Avower
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Egerton Papers: A Collection of Public and Private Documents, Chiefly by Francis Egerton Ellesmere, John Payne Collier (1840)
"Provided alwayes, that they prove their intention and claime eyther by sufficient
bond in writing, or by a lawfull avower of the opposite nation, ..."
2. The First Part of the Institutes of the Laws of England, Or, A Commentary ...by Edward Coke, Thomas Littleton, Francis Hargrave, Charles Butler, Matthew Hale, Heneage Finch Nottingham by Edward Coke, Thomas Littleton, Francis Hargrave, Charles Butler, Matthew Hale, Heneage Finch Nottingham (1853)
"... d'avower sur le tenant a terme de vie,) £c. yet the whole entire tenement ...
d'avower—d' ..."
3. The Royal Phraseological English-French, French-English Dictionary by John Charles Tarver (1845)
"avower, ». celui qui avoue, confesse, apologiste. ... a bold avower of his own
virtues, Virgile fait d'Enée le primeur de ses propres vertu.-». ..."
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