English English Dictionary

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Avoider (n.)

The person who carries anything away, or the vessel in which things are carried away.

Avoiding (p. pr. & vb. n.)

of Avoid

Avoidless (a.)

Unavoidable; inevitable.

Avoirdupois (n.)

Weight; heaviness; as, a woman of much avoirdupois.

Avoirdupois (n.)

Avoirdupois weight.

Avoirdupois (n.)

Goods sold by weight.

Avoke (v. t.)

To call from or back again.

Avolate (v. i.)

To fly away; to escape; to exhale.

Avolation (n.)

The act of flying; flight; evaporation.

Avoset (n.)

A grallatorial bird, of the genus Recurvirostra; the scooper. The bill is long and bend upward toward the tip. The American species is R. Americana.

Avoset (n.)

Same as Avocet.

Avouch (v. t.)

To appeal to; to cite or claim as authority.

Avouch (v. t.)

To maintain a just or true; to vouch for.

Avouch (v. t.)

To declare or assert positively and as matter of fact; to affirm openly.

Avouch (v. t.)

To acknowledge deliberately; to admit; to confess; to sanction.

Avouch (n.)

Evidence; declaration.

Avouchable (a.)

Capable of being avouched.

Avouched (imp. & p. p.)

of Avouch

Avoucher (n.)

One who avouches.

Avouching (p. pr. & vb. n.)

of Avouch