avouch

/əˈvaʊt͡ʃ/

avouch verb: to declare freely and openly; to assert.

Verb

avouch (third-person singular simple present avouches, present participle avouching, simple past and past participle avouched)

To declare freely and openly; to assert.
- Neither indeede would I have thought, that any such antiquities could have been avouched for the Irish, that maketh me the more to long to see some other of your observations, which you have gathered out of that country […]1596 (date written; published 1633), Edmund Spenser, A Vewe of the Present State of Irelande […], Dublin: […] Societie of Stationers, […], →OCLC; republished as A View of the State of Ireland […]...
- If this which he avouches does appear,
  There is nor flying hence nor tarrying here.c. 1606 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Macbeth”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount...
To acknowledge deliberately; to admit; to confess; to sanction.
- Thou hast avouched the Lord this day to be thy God, and to walk in his ways, and to keep his statutes, and his commandments, and his judgments, and to hearken unto his voice: And the Lord hath avouched thee this day to be his peculiar people, as he hath promised thee, and that thou shouldest keep...1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Deuteronomy 26:17–18
- […] send me that hag hither; she shall avouch what it was that she hath given to the wretch Dryfesdale, or the pilniewinks and thumbikins shall wrench it out of her finger-joints.1820, [Walter Scott], chapter V, in The Abbot. […], volume III, Edinburgh: […] [James Ballantyne & Co.] for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, […]; and for Archibald Constable and Company, and...
To confirm or verify, to affirm the validity of.
- For ([…] as the sorowfull dooings of our present dayes do too certeinly avouch) greate men hurt not the common weale so much by beeing evil in respect of themselves, as by drawing others unto evil by their evil example.1571, Arthur Golding, “To the Right Honorable and His Verie Good Lord Edward de Vere Erle of Oxinford, […]”, in John Calvin, translated by Arthur Golding, The Psalmes of Dauid and Others. With M....
- As a great public document, addressed to the whole Christian world by him who aspired to be the first ecclesiastic, we might be disposed to question its authenticity, if it were not avouched by the full evidence in its favour and its agreement with all the events of the period.1855, Henry Hart Milman, History of Latin Christianity, London: John Murray, Volume 2, Book 4, Chapter 7, p. 159
To appeal to; to cite or claim as authority.
- And for proofe of their opinion they avouch many successions of authorities that no fee simple should passe before the condition performed.1628, Edw[ard] Coke, “Of Estates upon Condition”, in The First Part of the Institutes of the Lawes of England. […], London: […] [Adam Islip] for the Societe of Stationers, →OCLC, book 3, chapter 5...

Noun

avouch (uncountable)

(obsolete) evidence; declaration
- Before my God, I might not this believe
  Without the sensible and true avouch
  Of mine own eyes.c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac...

avouch meaning in Urdu and Bengali

avouch in Urdu

تصدیق کرنا, ضمانت دینا

avouch in Bengali

দৃঢ়ভাবে ঘোষণা করা, নিশ্চিত করা

Forms of avouch

third-person singular present	avouches
present participle	avouching
past participle	avouched
past	avouched

Origin of avouch

From Old French avouchier, from Latin advocāre. Doublet of advocate, advoke, and avow.

Words formed from avouch

Words that rhyme with avouch

Questions about avouch

What does avouch mean?: Avouch means to declare freely and openly; to assert.
What is avouch in Urdu?: Avouch in Urdu is تصدیق کرنا, ضمانت دینا. See Avouch meaning in Urdu.
What part of speech is avouch?: Avouch can be a verb or a noun.
How do you pronounce avouch?: Avouch is pronounced /əˈvaʊt͡ʃ/.
What is the past tense of avouch?: The past tense of avouch is avouched.

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Last updated: 2026-09-02

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