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avowed

verb
/əˈvaʊd/

Etymology

From avow + -ed.

  1. derived from advoco
  2. derived from avouer
  3. inherited from avowen
  4. suffixed as avowed — “avow + ed”

Definitions

  1. simple past and past participle of avow

  2. openly acknowledged

  3. 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.
    • An avowed aim of the 1962 Transport Act was to concentrate the BRB's attention on running trains.
  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. asserted under oath, or vow

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

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Derived

avowedly, avowedness, unavowed

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at avowed. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at avowed. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

8 hops · closes at avowed

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA