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断言,声言,主张,承认声明,保证,承认
资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Avouch \A*vouch"\, n.
Evidence; declaration. [Obs.]
The sensible and true avouch Of mine own eyes. --Shak.
Avouch \A*vouch"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Avouched} (?); p. pr. &
vb. n. {Avouching}.] [OF. avochier, LL. advocare to recognize
the existence of a thing, to advocate, fr. L. advocare to
call to; ad + vocare to call. Cf. {Avow} to declare,
{Advocate}, and see {Vouch}, v. t.]
1. To appeal to; to cite or claim as authority. [Obs.]
They avouch many successions of authorities. --Coke.
2. To maintain a just or true; to vouch for.
We might be disposed to question its authenticity,
it if were not avouched by the full evidence.
--Milman.
3. To declare or assert positively and as matter of fact; to
affirm openly.
If this which he avouches does appear. --Shak.
Such antiquities could have been avouched for the
Irish. --Spenser.
4. To acknowledge deliberately; to admit; to confess; to
sanction.
Thou hast avouched the Lord this day to be thy God.
--Deut. xxvi.
17.
资料来源 : WordNet®
avouch
v : admit openly and bluntly; make no bones about [syn: {avow}]
[ant: {disavow}]