Avow

a-vow', v. [avowed[avowed (-vowd").(-vowd"). avow i avowing.] To declare openly; to own; to acknowledge; to fe . (Law.) To acknowledge and justify, as an act done. [F. avouer, L. vovere, votwn, to vow.] — AvewaObile, a. — Avow'aL n. An open or frank declaration. — Avow'ediy. adv. Openly. —Avowee', An advowee; one who has the right to present to a benefice. — Avow'er, n. One who avows. — Avowtry, -rY, n. (Law.) Act of a distrainer of goods, who, in an action of replevin, avows and justifies the taking in his own right.