Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for A-VOUCH'
A-VOUCH', v.t. [Norm. voucher, to call, to vouch; L. voco, advoco. See Voice.]
- To affirm; to declare or assert with positiveness. – Hooker.
- To produce or call in; to affirm in favor of, maintain or support. Such antiquities could be avouched for the Irish. – Spenser.
- To maintain, vindicate or justify. – Shak.
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