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Definition avouch

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French avouchier, from Latin advoc?re, present active infinitive of advoc?. Doublet of advocate, advoke, and avow.

Verb

avouch (third-person singular simple present avouches, present participle avouching, simple past and past participle avouched)

1. To declare freely and openly; to assert.
2. To acknowledge deliberately; to admit; to confess; to sanction.
3. To confirm or verify, to affirm the validity of.
4. To appeal to; to cite or claim as authority.

Noun

avouch (uncountable)

1. (obsolete) evidence; declaration