avow
verb (used with object)
have avowed
-
present perfectof avow.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
No one yet dared so far to deny the religious character of marriage, as to have avowed mere political views in wishing for a separation, either before the world, or even to himself.
From A History of England Principally in the Seventeenth Century, Volume I (of 6) by Leopold von Ranke
Had she been questioned concerning this, she would most frankly have avowed both the act and the motives for it.
From The Vicar of Wrexhill by Mrs Trollope
Many of its strongest advocates in every age have avowed it to be a fearful mystery, resting on the inscrutable sovereignty of God, and beyond the power of man's faculties to explain and justify.
From The Destiny of the Soul A Critical History of the Doctrine of a Future Life by William Rounseville Alger
When taken up by the order of Aurelianus Agricolanus, he is described by the record, preserved by Ruinart, to have avowed the same sentiments as Marcellus, and, like him, to have suffered death.
From A Portraiture of Quakerism, Volume 3 by Thomas Clarkson
They have avowed themselves quite happy and contented in their place, but they want 'fresh woods and pastures new.'
From Some Private Views by James Payn
