avowed

avow +‎ -ed

• IPA^(key): /əˈvaʊd/

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• Rhymes: -aʊd

avowed

1. simple past and past participle of avow

avowed (not comparable)

1. openly acknowledged
2. positively stated
   • 1950 April, Timothy H. Cobb, “The Kenya-Uganda Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 262:

     There was considerable scepticism as to whether the line would pay, but its avowed intention was to put an end to the slave trade.

   • 1964 May, “News and Comment: Minister hamstrings BR workshops”, in Modern Railways, page 291:

     An avowed aim of the 1962 Transport Act was to concentrate the BRB's attention on running trains.

3. asserted under oath, or vow
   • 1678, John Bunyan, The Pilgrim's Progress:

     His first avowed intent, to be a pilgrim - Who would true valour see

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