Definitions

avouch

[uh-vouch] / əˈvaʊtʃ /

VERB

assert

Synonyms

STRONG

admit affirm announce argue asseverate aver avow certify claim contend declare hold maintain say state swear verify

Antonyms

STRONG

abandon ask condemn deny desert disavow disclaim discredit dispute ignore invalidate question reject repudiate

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 Shields, Alexander

Did the writers of the four gospels have "the sensible and true avouch of their own eyes and ears" in that behalf?

From Ingersollia Gems of Thought from the Lectures, Speeches, and Conversations of Col. Robert G. Ingersoll, Representative of His Opinions and Beliefs by Ingersoll, Robert Green

The loitering rider could even avouch that the uncle had previously taken the same.

From Titan: A Romance Vol. II (of 2) by Jean Paul

"I am well trained in navigation, as Sir Richard Grenville can avouch."

From The Golden Galleon BEING A NARRATIVE OF THE ADVENTURES OF MASTER GILBERT OGLANDER, AND OF HOW, IN THE YEAR 1591, HE FOUGHT UNDER THE GALLANT SIR by Leighton, Robert

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