avowed en · ADJ
Pronunciation
Etymology
From avow + -ed.
Meanings
- (not-comparable) openly acknowledged
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(not-comparable) positively stated
There was considerable scepticism as to whether the line would pay, but its avowed intention was to put an end to the slave trade.
1950 April, Timothy H. Cobb, “The Kenya-Uganda Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 262:An avowed aim of the 1962 Transport Act was to concentrate the BRB's attention on running trains.
1964 May, “News and Comment: Minister hamstrings BR workshops”, in Modern Railways, page 291:
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(not-comparable) asserted under oath, or vow
His first avowed intent, to be a pilgrim - Who would true valour see
1678, John Bunyan, The Pilgrim's Progress:
Deriveds
avowedness · avowedly · unavowed
Relateds
Translations (3)
de ausgewiesen (acknowledged) · de anerkannt (acknowledged) · ru при́знанный (acknowledged)