- 1
To declare openly and boldly, as something believed to be right; to own, acknowledge or confess frankly.transitive
- […] in 1786, and for some period later, there were few, if any, prominent Americans, who avowed themselves in favor of broadly democratic systems.
- 2
To bind or devote by a vow.transitive
- No man may halewe and avowe the firste gendrid thingis that perteynen to the Lord, whether it is oxe, whether scheep, tho ben the Lordis part.
- 3
To acknowledge and justify, as an act done. See avowry.
- avow himself the accomplice of his crimes
ant. disavow