Word of the Day - avow

avow

/əˈvaʊ/
verb
reporting verb
Assert or confess openly.
with clause ‘he avowed that he had voted Labour in every election’
with object ‘he avowed his change of faith’

Origin
Middle English (in the senses ‘acknowledge, approve’ and ‘vouch for’): from
Old French avouer ‘acknowledge’, from Latin advocare ‘summon in defence’
(see avouch).

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