avouch

[uh-vouch]

verb (used with object)

1. to make frank acknowledgment or affirmation of; declare or assert with positiveness.

2. to assume responsibility for; vouch for; guarantee.

3. to admit; confess.

avouch

/ əˈvaʊtʃ /

verb

1. to vouch for; guarantee

2. to acknowledge

3. to assert

Other Word Forms

• avoucher noun
• avouchment noun
• unavouched adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of avouch¹

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of avouch¹

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

Example Sentences

Mr. Carroll was also informed that in the colonies whose liberality he was now avouching, the Catholic religion had not been tolerated hitherto.

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Not a statement within its pages was committed to paper until it was thoroughly and reliably avouched for.

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And now, amiable and considerate reader, you have "ab imo pectore" my honest avouch for what I propose to lay before you, and a plain confession of my weaknesses.

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Such antiquities could have been avouched for the Irish.

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Ah, knave!" he exclaimed, "my prophetic soul avouched that your gravity cloaked an evil bent.

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