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

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

"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

One of the most sensible and practical of all proverbs, as every body's experience can avouch.

From The International Monthly, Volume 5, No. 4, April, 1852 by Various

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 Fernald, James Champlin