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

Derived Forms

• aˈvouchment, noun

Other Words From

• a·voucher noun
• a·vouchment noun
• una·vouched 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

How many young women in Boston can avouch for the truth of this statement?

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Upon which principle I also avouch all Mr. T.'s charges, as I hear them and consent to their publication.

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"'And which shall find its way thither, if thou dost not avouch a fable," replied the king.

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Taken together, they avouch a personality that needs only opportunity to insure itself lasting fame.

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I say that it was the act of a rebel, and will avouch my words against you, though the whole colony were at your back.

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