A*vou"trie (&?;), n. [OF.] Adultery. [Obs.] Chaucer.
A*vow" (&?;), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Avowed (&?;); p. pr. & vb. n. Avowing.] [F. avouver, fr. L. advocare to call to (whence the meanings, to call upon as superior; recognize as lord, own, confess); ad + vocare to call. See Advocate, Avouch.] 1. To declare openly, as something believed to be right; to own or acknowledge frankly; as, a man avows his principles or his crimes.
Which I to be the of Israel's God
Avow, and challenge Dagon to the test.
Milton.