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Definition of Avowing
1. avow [v] - See also: avow
Lexicographical Neighbors of Avowing
Literary usage of Avowing
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN, Sidney Lee (1886)
"... owing to the ' dark insinuations of hellish groundless envy,' avowing his
attachment to the British constitution, and saying 1 hat he was unnerved by ..."
2. The Life of Thomas Jefferson by Henry Stephens Randall (1858)
"... Bills—President's Correspondence—Early Prejudices against the class of Artisans
recanted—Letter to Taylor avowing hU Determination to retire at close of ..."
3. A Collection of the Facts and Documents, Relative to the Death of Major by William Coleman (1804)
"... by avowing his trust in Redeeming grace, and by requesting and receiving in
attestation of his faith, the sacrament of the Lord's Supper. ..."
4. A Bibliographical and Critical Account of the Rarest Books in the English by J(ohn) Payne Collier (1866)
"... avowing the manner in which her Ladyship had perfected what had heen left
incomplete. Among the additions, we may presume on ..."
5. Diaries and Correspondence of James Harris, First Earl of Malmesbury by James Harris Malmesbury (1844)
"... will tell Lord Hawkesbury of it; it shall be set right;" avowing thus his
direction over Lord Hawkesbury and the present Government. ..."
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