avowed
English
Etymology
avow + -ed
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /əˈvaʊd/
- Rhymes: -aʊd
Verb
avowed
- simple past tense and past participle of avow
Adjective
avowed (not comparable)
- openly acknowledged
- positively stated
- 1964 May, “News and Comment: Minister hamstrings BR workshops”, in Modern Railways, page 291:
- An avowed aim of the 1962 Transport Act was to concentrate the BRB's attention on running trains.
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- asserted under oath, or vow
- 1678, John Bunyan, The Pilgrim's Progress:
- His first avowed intent, to be a pilgrim - Who would true valour see
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Derived terms
- avowedly
Related terms
- avowable
Translations
acknowledged
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