avowed
adj/əˈvaʊd/
Etymology From avow + -ed.
1
openly acknowledged
2
positively stated
- There was considerable scepticism as to whether the line would pay, but its avowed intention was to put an end to the slave trade.1950 April, Timothy H. Cobb, “The Kenya-Uganda Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 262:
- An avowed aim of the 1962 Transport Act was to concentrate the BRB's attention on running trains.1964 May, “News and Comment: Minister hamstrings BR workshops”, in Modern Railways, page 291:
3
asserted under oath, or vow
- His first avowed intent, to be a pilgrim - Who would true valour see1678, John Bunyan, The Pilgrim's Progress:
- Derived terms
- avowedly, avowedness, unavowed
- Related terms
- avowable