He had only himself to please in his choice: his fortune was his own for as to Frank, it was more than being tacitly brought up as his uncle's heir, it had become so avowed an adoption as to have him assume the name of Churchill on coming of age. Hughes, and whom she instantly joined, with a firmer determination to be acquainted, than she might have had courage to command, had she not been urged by the disappointment of the day before. Want to learn more Improve your vocabulary with English Vocabulary in Use from Cambridge. An avowed traditionalist, he is against reform of any kind. The world will be 'denser' and 'more contrasted'which presumably means diverse. avowed adjective before noun formal uk / vad / us / vad / stated The government's avowed intent / purpose / aim is to reduce tax. Such a circumstance could only exasperate farther, and, when he ceased, the colour rose into her cheeks, and she said: In such cases as this, it is, I believe, the established mode to express a sense of obligation for the sentiments avowed, however unequally they may be returned.Īt length however she was empowered to disengage herself from her friend, by the avowed necessity of speaking to Miss Tilney, whom she most joyfully saw just entering the room with Mrs. Avowed will be 'fully open world' and much larger than Skyrim, but not necessarily in total size. The door was very strong, the lock excellent the carpenter avowed he would have great trouble and have to do much damage, if force were to be used and the locksmith was near despair. (Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift)

In answer to which I assured his honour, that in all points out of their own trade, they were usually the most ignorant and stupid generation among us, the most despicable in common conversation, avowed enemies to all knowledge and learning, and equally disposed to pervert the general reason of mankind in every other subject of discourse as in that of their own profession. Whispers reach me of Miss Shepherd having said she wished I wouldn't stare so, and having avowed a preference for Master Jones-for Jones! a boy of no merit whatever! adjective declared, open, admitted, acknowledged, confessed, sworn, professed, self-proclaimed She is an avowed vegetarian. Morse, you are far nearer socialism than I who am its avowed enemy. adjective ADJ n An avowed belief or aim is one that you have declared formally. Synonyms: declared, open, admitted, acknowledged More Synonyms of avowed. The meaning of AVOWED is openly acknowledged or declared. (Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)īelieve me, Mr. adjective ADJ n If you are an avowed supporter or opponent of something, you have declared that you support it or oppose it. I was surprised at the coolness with which John avowed his knowledge of the island, and I own I was half-frightened when I saw him drawing nearer to myself. (Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley) Sir Isaac Newton is said to have avowed that he felt like a child picking up shells beside the great and unexplored ocean of truth.

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