avouch
Example Sentences
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Before my God, I might not this believe, without the sensible and true avouch of mine own eyes.
From Textbooks ● Mar. 27, 2020
No other reason can be assigned, but that it was necessary then to avouch the testimony for that indispensible duty then interdicted.
From A Hind Let Loose Or, An Historical Representation of the Testimonies of the Church of Scotland for the Interest of Christ. With the True State Thereof in All Its Periods by Alexander Shields
My lords, vouchsafe me this grace: Let him be brought, being alive, and in the house; let him avouch any of these things, I will confess the whole indictment and renounce the king's mercy.
From State Trials, Political and Social Volume 1 (of 2) by Sir Harry Lushington Stephen
Avow and avouch take a direct object; aver is followed by a conjunction: a man avows his faith, avouches a deed, avers that he was present.
From English Synonyms and Antonyms With Notes on the Correct Use of Prepositions by James Champlin Fernald
I cannot avouch for that, your Majesty, but he is highly commended by his master, an honest soldier, who places him at your Majesty's service.
From Valeria The Martyr of the Catacombs by William Henry Withrow
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