avouch

[ uh-vouch ]
/ əˈvaʊtʃ /

verb (used with object)

to make frank acknowledgment or affirmation of; declare or assert with positiveness.
to assume responsibility for; vouch for; guarantee.
to admit; confess.

Origin of avouch

1350–1400; Middle English avouchen < Middle French avouchier < Latin advocāre. See a-5, vouch, advocate

OTHER WORDS FROM avouch

a·vouch·er, noun a·vouch·ment, noun un·a·vouched, adjective

Words nearby avouch

avoir., avoirdupois, avoirdupois weight, avon, avon lake, avouch, avow, avowal, avowed, avowry, avram

Words related to avouches

contend, claim, state, avow, affirm, verify, certify, say, maintain, admit, swear, asseverate, argue, aver, announce, hold, declare

Example sentences from the Web for avouches

  • Villemarqu avouches that this version was taken down by his mother from the lips of an old peasant woman of the parish of Nvez.

    Legends &amp; Romances of Brittany |Lewis Spence

  • As the Old Testament avouches they grew to be a mighty nation, distinguished in certain respects from all other peoples.

    The Vitality of Mormonism--Brief Essays |James E. Talmage

  • It will do so, he avouches, with a gentle blue flame of great beauty and serenity.

    Plum Pudding |Christopher Morley

  • However, said he, if this which he avouches be true, let us arm and out.

    The Chautauquan, Vol. III, March 1883 |The Chautauquan Literary and Scientific Circle

British Dictionary definitions for avouches

avouch
/ (əˈvaʊtʃ) /

verb (tr) archaic

to vouch for; guarantee
to acknowledge
to assert

Derived forms of avouch

avouchment, noun

Word Origin for avouch

C16: from Old French avochier to summon, call on, from Latin advocāre; see advocate