avouch

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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

That bonnets are the source of a multitude of evils is a truth that every married man will not, for a moment, hesitate to avouch; however Henry or Augustus—not yet married—may hypocritically venture to dispute.

From Punch - Volume 25 (Jul-Dec 1853) by Various

They avouch Him to be their God; He avouches them to be His people.

From The Ordinance of Covenanting by Cunningham, John

Grist said, And, scratching his head, Seemed pondering between good and evil,— "I could swear and avouch 'Twas the Prior of Roche,— If thou hadst not said 'twas the Devil!"

From The Baron's Yule Feast: A Christmas Rhyme by Cooper, Thomas

"But you avouch for this? a mistake would be terrible."

From Silent Struggles by Stephens, Ann S. (Ann Sophia)