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avowed 音标拼音: [əv'ɑʊd] a. 自认的,公开宣布的 自认的,公开宣布的 avowed adj 1: openly declared as such; " an avowed enemy"; " her professed love of everything about that country"; " McKinley was assassinated by a professed anarchist" [ synonym: { avowed( a)}, { professed( a)}] 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. [ 1913 Webster] Which I to be the of Israel' s God Avow, and challenge Dagon to the test. -- Milton. [ 1913 Webster] 2. ( Law) To acknowledge and justify, as an act done. See { Avowry}. -- Blackstone. [ 1913 Webster] Syn: To acknowledge; own; confess. See { Confess}. [ 1913 Webster]
Avowed \ A* vowed"\, a. Openly acknowledged or declared; admitted. -- { A* vow" ed* ly}, adv. [ 1913 Webster] 55 Moby Thesaurus words for " avowed": accepted, acknowledged, admitted, affirmed, alleged, allowed, announced, approved, asserted, asseverated, attested, authenticated, averred, avouched, certified, claimed, conceded, confessed, confirmed, countersigned, declared, deposed, endorsed, enunciated, granted, hypocritical, in name only, manifestoed, notarized, ostensible, pledged, predicated, pretended, pretexted, professed, pronounced, purported, ratified, received, recognized, sealed, signed, so- called, specious, stamped, stated, sworn, sworn and affirmed, sworn to, underwritten, validated, vouched, vouched for, vowed, warranted
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