Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to avow
Participle: avowed
Gerund: avowing
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | avow |
| you | avow |
| he;she;it | avows |
| we | avow |
| you | avow |
| they | avow |
Perfect
| I | have avowed |
| you | have avowed |
| he;she;it | has avowed |
| we | have avowed |
| you | have avowed |
| they | have avowed |
Past
| I | avowed |
| you | avowed |
| he;she;it | avowed |
| we | avowed |
| you | avowed |
| they | avowed |
Pluperfect
| I | had avowed |
| you | had avowed |
| he;she;it | had avowed |
| we | had avowed |
| you | had avowed |
| they | had avowed |
Future
| I | will avow |
| you | will avow |
| he;she;it | will avow |
| we | will avow |
| you | will avow |
| they | will avow |
Future Perfect
| I | will have avowed |
| you | will have avowed |
| he;she;it | will have avowed |
| we | will have avowed |
| you | will have avowed |
| they | will have avowed |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | avow |
| you | avow |
| he;she;it | avow |
| we | avow |
| you | avow |
| they | avow |
Perfect
| I | have avowed |
| you | have avowed |
| he;she;it | have avowed |
| we | have avowed |
| you | have avowed |
| they | have avowed |
Imperfect
| I | avowed |
| you | avowed |
| he;she;it | avowed |
| we | avowed |
| you | avowed |
| they | avowed |
Pluperfect
| I | had avowed |
| you | had avowed |
| he;she;it | had avowed |
| we | had avowed |
| you | had avowed |
| they | had avowed |
Conditional
Present
| I | would avow |
| you | would avow |
| he;she;it | would avow |
| we | would avow |
| you | would avow |
| they | would avow |
Perfect
| I | would have avowed |
| you | would have avowed |
| he;she;it | would have avowed |
| we | would have avowed |
| you | would have avowed |
| they | would have avowed |
Imperative
| you | avow |
| we | Let's avow |
| you | avow |
Verbs conjugated like 'avow'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'avow'
vow,
acoy,
adaw,
ado,
ahoy,
allow,
arrow,
atom,
avel,
aver,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- to admit to the truth
- acknowledge, admit, assent, beknow, come clean, concede, confess, fess, fess up, front up, make a clean breast, own, own up, shrive, sing, spill one's guts, spill the beans, step forward, talk, tell all, unbosom
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From Middle English avowen, from Old French avouer, from Latin advocare (“to call to, call upon, hence to call as a witness, defender, patron, or advocate”), from ad (“to”) + vocare (“to call”). Doublet of advoke, avouch, and advocate. Not related to vow. See: Latin '
advoco'.
Sample Sentences
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[...] home, that to form a just conception of it, it would be necessary to multiply the size and furniture of an ordinary drawing-room by seven, and then fall short of the reality. When the man in reply avowed the truth; the blunt, remorseless, naked truth; ‘This is the saloon, sir’—he actually reeled beneath the blow.
(American Notes for General Circulation)