MEANING
To state something firmly as true or stand behind its truth.
Use it for
Words that belong together
- avouch the truth
- avouch an account
On the page
He avouched the truth of the account without producing the letter.
No witness would avouch what had happened in the locked room.
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Word forms
- Base
- avouch
- Past tense
- avouched
- Past participle
- avouched
- Present participle
- avouching
Full tense & aspect guide
- Present
- avouch
- Present continuous
- am/is/are avouching
- Present perfect
- have/has avouched
- Present perfect continuous
- have/has been avouching
- Past
- avouched
- Past continuous
- was/were avouching
- Past perfect
- had avouched
- Past perfect continuous
- had been avouching
- Future
- will avouch
- Future continuous
- will be avouching
- Future perfect
- will have avouched
- Future perfect continuous
- will have been avouching
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Usage notes
Primary category: literary. Forms: avouch; avouches; avouched; avouched; avouching Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Third-person singular: avouches.
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