MEANING
To openly acknowledge or declare a belief, intention, or commitment.
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Words that belong together
- avow an intention
- avow allegiance
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He avowed his allegiance before the assembled court.
She would not avow an intention she could not defend.
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Word forms
- Base
- avow
- Past tense
- avowed
- Past participle
- avowed
- Present participle
- avowing
Full tense & aspect guide
- Present
- avow
- Present continuous
- am/is/are avowing
- Present perfect
- have/has avowed
- Present perfect continuous
- have/has been avowing
- Past
- avowed
- Past continuous
- was/were avowing
- Past perfect
- had avowed
- Past perfect continuous
- had been avowing
- Future
- will avow
- Future continuous
- will be avowing
- Future perfect
- will have avowed
- Future perfect continuous
- will have been avowing
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Usage notes
Primary category: literary. Forms: avow; avows; avowed; avowed; avowing Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Third-person singular: avows.
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