avouched

verb

Definition of avouchednext
past tense of avouch
1
as in affirmed
to declare (something) to be true or genuine a note from my doctor avouching that my medical condition did indeed disqualify me from gym class

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2
as in alleged
to state as a fact usually forcefully avouched that he had never cheated on his taxes in his life

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3
as in declared
to state clearly and strongly she tends to avouch her opinions in such a way as to imply that anyone who thinks otherwise is an idiot

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for avouched
  1. affirmed
  2. alleged
  3. declared
  4. asserted
  5. insisted
  6. contended
  7. announced
  8. certified
Verb
  • The September 2024 authorization in the US took the self-affirmed Generally Recognized as Safe (GRAS) route.
    Christine Ro, Forbes, 20 Oct. 2024
  • For the most part, recent high-quality polls have only affirmed the closeness of the race.
    G. Elliott Morris, ABC News, 18 Oct. 2024
Definition of affirmed
Verb
  • Hayes, who is alleged to have used his fingernails to etch five letters onto one of the torii gates, was identified as the suspect by security video around the shrine, the newspaper reported.
    Arata Yamamoto, NBC News, 14 Nov. 2024
  • Owens is alleged to have accepted $125,000 in cash from one of the agents on the yacht, according to the indictment.
    Bracey Harris, NBC News, 14 Nov. 2024
Definition of alleged
Verb
  • California declared the Klamath population of spring-run chinook threatened in 2022.
    Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 4 Oct. 2024
  • If the amendment passes, state of emergency declarations would automatically expire 30 days after being declared by the governor.
    Stacey Barchenger, The Arizona Republic, 4 Oct. 2024
Definition of declared
Verb
  • In April, Inspector General Christi Grimm defended her office’s work in congressional testimony but also asserted that its resources are inadequate.
    Peter Elkind, ProPublica, 13 Nov. 2024
  • Cohen asserted what's known as a Bivens claim, named after a 1971 Supreme Court decision in which the court held that federal officers can be sued for damages for certain constitutional violations.
    Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 21 Oct. 2024
Definition of asserted
Verb
  • Shand repeatedly insisted there was no one else outside, even as five more desperate Indians wandered to the vehicle from the fields, including one going in and out of consciousness.
    Ryan J. Foley, Twin Cities, 16 Nov. 2024
  • The lawmakers insisted the statements were made in jest.
    David Ingram, NBC News, 13 Nov. 2024
Definition of insisted
Verb
  • Prosecutors contended there was no evidence of any molestation.
    Jaimie Ding, Chicago Tribune, 3 Oct. 2024
  • His thinking is more aligned with that of literary scholar Harold Bloom, who contended that poems beget other poems, in a network of influence that owes as much to Darwin’s theory of evolution as to Freud’s notion of the Oedipus complex.
    Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2024
Definition of contended
Verb
  • No arrests have been announced, and investigators are still working to determine a motive for the shooting.
    Jakob Rodgers, The Mercury News, 17 Nov. 2024
  • Polis’ office announced the project – but no price tag – on Friday.
    Katie Langford, The Denver Post, 16 Nov. 2024
Definition of announced
Verb
  • Price is expected to remain in office until the election’s results are certified next month, at which point Chief Assistant District Attorney Royl Roberts would be expected to take over, county leaders have said.
    Jakob Rodgers, The Mercury News, 14 Nov. 2024
  • The standard military equipment guidelines in China and the US dictate that any equipment certified as HEMP-proof should be able to function after being subjected to an electric field of 50 kilovolts per meter.
    Abhishek Bhardwaj, Interesting Engineering, 21 Oct. 2024
Definition of certified
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