avowance (avouans)

[ Can my avowance of king-murdering be collected from anything here written by me? Fuller . avowant (a-vou'ant), n. [ avowl + -ant1 .] In law , the defendant in replevin, who avows the distre of the goods, and justifies the taking. avowed (a-voud'), p . a. Declared; open. I was thine open, thine avowed enemy. Mas singer. avowedly (a-vou'ed-li), adv . In an avowed or open manner; with frank acknowledgment. avoweet, n. [Also advowee , q. v.; avo we , avoue (see avoué ), earlier avoe , advo cat us : see advowee , advocate .) An advocate or patron; in law , same as advowee . avowerl (a-vou'ėr), n. [ avow1 + -er1.] One who avows, owns, or a erts. avower2t, n. [Also advower , avoure ; avouer , inf. used as a noun: see avowl .] Avowal. He bad him stand t' abide the bitter stoure Of his sore venge a unce, or to make avoure . Spenser, F. Q., VI. iii. 48.