GDict

avowed

ә'vaud4 senses · 66 ms
Level C2
local copy0 msLicense: CC BY-SA 4.0Wiktionary contributors
verb/əˈvaʊd/
  1. 1

    simple past and past participle of avowform-ofparticiplepast

adj/əˈvaʊd/
  1. 1

    openly acknowledgednot-comparable

  2. 2

    positively statednot-comparable

    • There was considerable scepticism as to whether the line would pay, but its avowed intention was to put an end to the slave trade.
    • An avowed aim of the 1962 Transport Act was to concentrate the BRB's attention on running trains.
  3. 3

    asserted under oath, or vownot-comparable

    • His first avowed intent, to be a pilgrim - Who would true valour see

Nearby entries