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资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Avowed \A*vowed"\, a.
   Openly acknowledged or declared; admitted. -- {A*vow"ed*ly},
   adv.

Avow \A*vow"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Avowed} (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Avowing}.] [F. avouver, fr. L. advocare to call to (whence
   the meanings, to call upon as superior; recognize as lord,
   own, confess); ad + vocare to call. See {Advocate},
   {Avouch}.]
   1. To declare openly, as something believed to be right; to
      own or acknowledge frankly; as, a man avows his principles
      or his crimes.

            Which I to be the of Israel's God Avow, and
            challenge Dagon to the test.          --Milton.

   2. (Law) To acknowledge and justify, as an act done. See
      {Avowry}. --Blackstone.

   Syn: To acknowledge; own; confess. See {Confess}.

资料来源 : WordNet®

avowed
     adj : openly declared as such; "an avowed enemy"; "her professed
           love of everything about that country"; "McKinley was
           assassinated by a professed anarchist" [syn: {avowed(a)},
            {professed(a)}]
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