AVOW ( page 69 ).
Questions.
1. Which words of this group refer exclusively to one's own knowledge or action? 2. What is the distinctive sense of aver? of avouch? of avow? 3. How do avouch and avow differ from aver in construction? 4. Is avow used in a good or a bad sense? What does it imply of others' probable feeling or action? 5. How does avow compare with confess?
Examples.
And, but herself, —— no parallel.
The child —— his fault and was pardoned by his parent.