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Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adjective Openly declared or publicly acknowledged.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Declared; open.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Openly acknowledged or declared; admitted.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of avow.
  • adjective openly acknowledged
  • adjective positively stated
  • adjective asserted under oath, or vow

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective openly declared as such

Etymologies

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

avow +‎ -ed

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Examples

  • “Actually, I’ve been known to be witty for a full ten minutes,” Gawain avowed with a lift of his eyebrows.

    DIALOGUE • by Resha Caner 2007

  • The reclaimed faithful need only forgo the ordination of women and of (I think I should here add the word avowed) homosexuals.

    The Men Who Made England 2010

  • The reclaimed faithful need only forgo the ordination of women and of (I think I should here add the word avowed) homosexuals.

    The Men Who Made England 2010

  • It is why Israelis recently voted in right winger Binyamin Netanyahu and why he, in turn, was compelled to name avowed racist Avigdor Lieberman, founder of far-right Yisrael Beitenu (Israel Our Home party, whose electoral base are the immigrants from the former Soviet Union) as Minister of Foreign Affairs and Deputy Prime Minister of Israel.

    The Circular Dangers of John Hagee, AIPAC and Netanyahu 2009

  • Lordships, -- that is, his avowed appointment of spies and under-agents, who shall carry on the real state business, while there are public and ostensible agents who are not in the secret.

    The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 09 (of 12) Edmund Burke 1763

  • There is a rally waiting for you – 'avowed' protectors of our Constitution and our civil liberties (yeah sure) - in front of the offices of Marco "Amex" Rubio!!!

    Poll: Tea Party allies deny racism element, critics say otherwise 2010

  • Obama is not an "avowed" Marxist and I'll bet next month's rent that you cannot define Marxism.

    How a capital gains tax break could get cash to startups 2010

  • GCHQ's cover was blown by Time Out in 1976, but it was only officially "avowed" in 1982 when Geoffrey Prime, a former linguist at GCHQ, was jailed for 38 years for passing secrets to the Russians over a 14-year period.

    Not so secret: deal at the heart of UK-US intelligence 2010

  • I especially like the distinction between the "avowed" state, whether in the form of marriage or consecrated life, and the charism of freedom that characterizes the state of those who are called to singlehood.

    Archive 2005-08-01 Mike L 2005

  • Both consecrated and married life are "avowed" forms of vocation: they are constituted by specific promises.

    Archive 2005-08-01 Mike L 2005

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