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avowed

avo·wed

UK/əˈvaʊd/ US/ʌˈvaʊd/ uncommon

adjective

1.

openly declared as such

  • “an avowed enemy”
  • “her professed love of everything about that country”
  • “McKinley was assassinated by a professed anarchist”
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Origin

From avow + -ed.

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