Vouches vs Avouches - What's the difference?
vouches | avouches |
(avouch)
To declare freely and openly; to assert.
* Shakespeare
* Spenser
To acknowledge deliberately; to admit; to confess; to sanction.
* Bible, Deuteronomy xxvi. 17
To confirm or verify, to affirm the validity of.
* Milman
To appeal to; to cite or claim as authority.
* Edward Coke
(obsolete) evidence; declaration
* Shakespeare
As verbs the difference between vouches and avouches
is that vouches is (vouch) while avouches is (avouch).As a noun vouches
is .avouches
English
Verb
(head)avouch
English
Verb
(es)- if this which he avouches does appear
- Such antiquities could have been avouched for the Irish.
- Thou hast avouched the Lord this day to be thy God.
- We might be disposed to question its authenticity, it if were not avouched by the full evidence.
- They avouch many successions of authorities.
Noun
(-)- The sensible and true avouch / Of mine own eyes.