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clare openly, as something believed to be right; to own or acknowledge frankly; as, a man avows his principles or his crimes. Which I to be the of Israel's God Avow, and challenge Dagon to the test. Milton.

Capable of being avowed, or openly acknowledged, with confidence. Donne.

An open declaration; frank acknowledgment; as, an avowal of such principles. Hume.

Act of avowing; avowal.

The defendant in replevin, who avows the distress of the goods, and justifies the taking. Cowell.

Openly acknowledged or declared; admitted. -- A*vow"ed*ly (, adv.

The person who has a right to present to a benefice; the patron; an advowee. See Advowson.

One who avows or asserts.

An advocate; a patron; a patron saint. [Obs.] Let God alone be our avowry. Latimer.

Adultery. See Advoutry.

of, an the like; to disclaim; to disown; as, he was charged with embezzlement, but he disavows the crime. A solemn promise made and disavowed. Dryden.

The act of disavowing, disclaiming, or disowning; rejection and denial. An earnest disavowal of fear often proceeds from fear. Richardson.

Disavowal. [Obs.] South.

One who disavows.

Disavowal. [R.] Wotton.

To renounce upon oath; to forswear; to disavow; as, to abjure allegiance to a prince. To abjure the realm, is to swear to abandon it forever.

To own as genuine; to assent to, as a legal instrument, to give it validity; to avow or admit in legal form; as, to acknowledgea deed.

The act of acknowledging; admission; avowal; owning; confession. "An acknowledgment of fault." Froude.

assive assent or submission, or a submission with apparent content; -- distinguished from avowed consent on the one hand, and on the other, from opposition or open discontent; quiet satisfaction.

dure an adverse fortune. Southey. Adverse possession (Law), a possession of real property avowedly contrary to some claim of title in another person. Abbott.