Webster's Dictionary 1913

7615

Avoidless

A‐void″less, a. Unavoidable; inevitable.

7616

Avoirdupois

Av′oir‐du‐pois″ (ăv′ẽr‐dū̍‐poiz″), n. & a. [OE. aver de peis, goods of weight, where peis is fr. OF. peis weight, F. poids, L. pensum. See Aver, n., and Poise, n.] 1. Goods sold...

7617

Avoke

A‐voke″ (�), v. t. [Cf. Avocate.] To call from or back again. Bp. Burnet.

7618

Avolate

Av″o‐late (�), v. i. [L. avolare; a (ab) + volare to fly.] To fly away; to escape; to exhale.

7619

Avolation

Av′o‐la″tion (�), n. [LL. avolatio.] The act of flying; flight; evaporation.

7620

Avoset (2)

Av″o‐set (�), n. Same as Avocet.

7621

Avouch

A‐vouch″ (�), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Avouched (�); p. pr. & vb. n.Avouching.] [OF. avochier, LL. advocare to recognize the existence of a thing, to advocate, fr. L. advocare to call...

7622

Avouch (2)

A‐vouch″ (�), n. Evidence; declaration.The sensible and true avouchOf mine own eyes.Shak.

7623

Avouchable

A‐vouch″a‐ble (�), a. Capable of being avouched.

7624

Avoucher

A‐vouch″er (�), n. One who avouches.

7625

Avouchment

A‐vouch″ment (�), n. The act of avouching; positive declaration. Milton.

7626

Avoutrer

A‐vou″trer (�), n. See Advoutrer.

7627

Avoutrie

A‐vou″trie (�), n. Adultery. Chaucer.

7628

Avow

A‐vow″ (�), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Avowed (�); p. pr. & vb. n.Avowing.] [F. avouver, fr. L. advocare to call to (whence the meanings, to call upon as superior; recognize as lord, ow...

7629

Avow (2)

A‐vow″, n. [Cf. F. aveu.] Avowal. Dryden.

7630

Avow (3)

A‐vow″, v. t. & i. [OF. avouer, fr. LL. votare to vow, fr. L. votun. See Vote, n.] To bind, or to devote, by a vow. Wyclif.

7631

Avow (4)

A‐vow″, n. A vow or determination.

7632

Avowable

A‐vow″a‐ble (�), a. Capable of being avowed, or openly acknowledged, with confidence. Donne.

7633

Avowal

A‐vow″al (�), n. An open declaration; frank acknowledgment; as, an avowal of such principles. Hume.

7634

Avowance

A‐vow″ance (�), n. 1. Act of avowing; avowal.2. Upholding; defense; vindication.Can my avowance of king-murdering be collected from anything here written by me?Fuller.

7635

Avowant

A‐vow″ant (�), n.(Law) The defendant in replevin, who avows the distress of the goods, and justifies the taking. Cowell.

7636

Avowed

A‐vowed″ (�), a. Openly acknowledged or declared; admitted. — A‐vow″ed‐ly (�), adv.

7637

Avowee

A‐vow′ee″ (�), n. [F. avoué. Cf. Advowee, Advocate, n.] The person who has a right to present to a benefice; the patron; an advowee. See Advowson.

7638

Avower

A‐vow″er (�), n. One who avows or asserts.

7639

Avowry

A‐vow″ry (�), n. [OE. avouerie protection, authority, OF. avouerie. See Avow to declare.] 1. An advocate; a patron; a patron saint.Let God alone be our avowry.Latimer.2. The act...

7640

Avowtry

A‐vow″try, v. t. Adultery. See Advoutry.

7641

Avoyer

A‐voy″er (�), n. A chief magistrate of a free imperial city or canton of Switzerland.