What is the meaning of "avowed" ?

Answer 1

avowed(a): openly declared as such; "an avowed enemy"; "her professed love of everything about that country"; "McKinley was assassinated by a professed anarchist"

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a·vow (-vou)
tr.v. a·vowed, a·vow·ing, a·vows
1. To acknowledge openly, boldly, and unashamedly; confess: avow guilt. See Synonyms at acknowledge.
2. To state positively.

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Adjective: avowed u'vawd
Openly declared as such
"an avowed enemy"
- professed
Verb: avow u'vaw
To declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true
- affirm, verify, assert, aver, swan, swear

Admit openly and bluntly; make no bones about
- avouch

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avowed
adj 1: openly declared as such; "an avowed enemy"; "her professed
love of everything about that country"; "McKinley was
assassinated by a professed anarchist" [syn: avowed,
professed]
2: asserted as true under oath; "a statement attested by
witnesses" [syn: attested]
3: openly affirmed; "an avowed Jeffersonian" [syn: avowed]
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Avowed \A*vowed"\, a.
Openly acknowledged or declared; admitted. -- A*vow"ed*ly,
adv.
Avow \A*vow"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Avowed (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Avowing.] [F. avouver, fr. L. advocare to call to (whence
the meanings, to call upon as superior; recognize as lord,
own, confess); ad + vocare to call. See Advocate,
Avouch.]
1. To declare openly, as something believed to be right; to
own or acknowledge frankly; as, a man avows his principles
or his crimes.

Which I to be the of Israel's God Avow, and
challenge Dagon to the test. --Milton.

2. (Law) To acknowledge and justify, as an act done. See
Avowry. --Blackstone.

Syn: To acknowledge; own; confess. See Confess.

Answer 2

avowed - affirmed; stated; confirmed; declared; acknowledged

Answer 3

acknowledged; declared: an avowed enemy.

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