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avow

/əˈvaʊ/uh-VOW
/əˈvaʊ/uh-VOW

Meaningcall upon

Common meaning: declare openly

Journey through time

  1. Latinadvocare‘call upon’source
  2. Late Latinvotaresource
  3. Old Frenchmeaning shiftscall upon → modavouer‘mod’source
  4. Middle Englishmeaning shiftsmod → declareavowen‘declare’source
  5. Englishavow‘declare openly’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Latin advocare ‘call upon’.

Roots

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