avouch

Meanings

Verb

• To declare freely and openly; to assert.
• To acknowledge deliberately; to admit; to confess; to sanction.
• To confirm or verify, to affirm the validity of.
• To appeal to; to cite or claim as authority.

Noun

• evidence; declaration

Origin

• From Old French avouchier, from Latin advocāre, present active infinitive of advocō. advocate, advoke, and avow.