-
1 avow\ oneself
См. также в других словарях:
avow — I verb acknowledge, admit, admit frankly, affirm, allege as a fact, articulate, assert, assert on oath, assert peremptorily, assert under oath, asseverate, attest, authenticate, aver, avouch, be bound, bear witness, certify, commit oneself,… … Law dictionary
avow — [ə vou′] vt. [ME avowen < OFr avouer < L advocare: see ADVOCATE] 1. to declare openly or admit frankly 2. to acknowledge or claim (oneself) to be [he avowed himself a patriot] SYN. ACKNOWLEDGE avower n … English World dictionary
commit oneself — index assume (undertake), avow, cast (register), decide, guarantee, pledge (promise the performance of), pro … Law dictionary
admit — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. let in; induct, matriculate; concede, acknowledge; receive, allow, fess or own up (inf.). See disclosure, receiving, permission. Ant., deny, refuse, repel. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To grant entrance] … English dictionary for students
swear — vb swore, sworn, swear·ing [Old English swerian] vt 1: to utter or take solemnly swear an oath 2 a: to assert as true or promise under oath a sworn affidavit … Law dictionary
acknowledge — ac·knowl·edge vt edged, edg·ing 1: to indicate recognition and acceptance of the power of taxation in the general and state governments is acknowledged to be concurrent McCulloch v. Maryland, 17 U.S. 316 (1819) 2 a: to show by word or act that… … Law dictionary
pledge — 1 / plej/ n 1: a delivery of esp. personal property as security for a debt or other obligation; broadly: the perfection of a security interest in collateral through possession of the collateral by a creditor or other promisee 2 a: property and… … Law dictionary
certify — cer·ti·fy / sər tə ˌfī/ vt fied, fy·ing [Medieval Latin certificare, from Late Latin, to assure, convince, from Latin certus certain + ficare to make] 1: to state authoritatively: as a: to give assurance of the validity of certify corporate… … Law dictionary
confess — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. acknowledge, avow, own, admit; disclose, tell, reveal, unbosom, unburden, divulge. See disclosure, penitence, rite. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To admit] Syn. acknowledge, own, concede; see admit 3 . 2.… … English dictionary for students
acknowledge — 1 Acknowledge, admit, own, avow, confess are synonymous when they mean to disclose something against one’s will or inclination. All usually imply some sort of pressure as that of the law or of conscience leading to the disclosure. Acknowledge or… … New Dictionary of Synonyms
promise — prom·ise n: a declaration or manifestation esp. in a contract of an intention to act or refrain from acting in a specified way that gives the party to whom it is made a right to expect its fulfillment aleatory promise: a promise (as to compensate … Law dictionary