Word Meanings - AVOWRY - Book Publishers vocabulary database

1. An advocate; a patron; a patron saint. Let God alone be our avowry. Latimer. 2. The act of the distrainer of goods, who, in an action of replevin, avows and justifies the taking in his own right. Blackstone. Note: When an action of replevin

Additional info about word: AVOWRY

1. An advocate; a patron; a patron saint. Let God alone be our avowry. Latimer. 2. The act of the distrainer of goods, who, in an action of replevin, avows and justifies the taking in his own right. Blackstone. Note: When an action of replevin is brought, the distrainer either makes avowry, that is, avours taking the distress in his own right, or the right of his wife, and states the reason if it, as for arrears of rent, damage done, or the like; or makes cognizance, that is, acknowledges the taking, but justifies in an another's right, as his bailiff or servant.

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• RIGHT-RUNNING
  Straight; direct.
• TAKING
  1. Apt to take; alluring; attracting. Subtile in making his temptations most taking. Fuller. 2. Infectious; contageous. Beau. & Fl. -- Tak"ing*ly, adv. -- Tak"ing*ness, n.
• PATRONIZING
  Showing condescending favor; assuming the manner of airs of a superior toward another. -- Pat"ron*i`zing*ly, adv. Thackeray.
• PATRONYMIC
  Derived from ancestors; as, a patronymic denomination.
• ADVOCATE
  advocatus, one summoned or called to another; properly the p. p. of advocare to call to, call to one's aid; ad + vocare to call. See 1. One who pleads the cause of another. Specifically: One who pleads the cause of another before a tribunal or
• PATRONIZER
  One who patronizes.
• RIGHTEOUSNESS
  The state of being right with God; justification; the work of Christ, which is the ground justification. There are two kinds of Christian righteousness: the one without us, which we have by imputation; the other in us, which consisteth of faith,
• DISTRAINER
  See DISTRAINOR
• ALONENESS
  A state of being alone, or without company; solitariness. Bp. Montagu.
• ACTION
  Effective motion; also, mechanism; as, the breech action of a gun. (more info) 1. A process or condition of acting or moving, as opposed to rest; the doing of something; exertion of power or force, as when one body acts on another; the effect of
• SAINTISM
  The character or quality of saints; also, hypocritical pretense of holiness. Wood.
• TAKE
  Taken. Chaucer.
• RIGHT-ANGLED
  Containing a right angle or right angles; as, a right-angled triangle.
• PATRONAL
  Patron; protecting; favoring. Sir T. Browne.
• RIGHTEOUS
  Doing, or according with, that which is right; yielding to all their due; just; equitable; especially, free from wrong, guilt, or sin; holy; as, a righteous man or act; a righteous retribution. Fearless in his righteous cause. Milton.
• TAKE-OFF
  An imitation, especially in the way of caricature.
• SAINTOLOGIST
  One who writes the lives of saints.
• ACTIONABLE
  That may be the subject of an action or suit at law; as, to call a man a thief is actionable.
• SAINTDOM
  The state or character of a saint. Tennyson.
• RIGHTEN
  To do justice to. Relieve the opressed. Isa. i. 17.
• BRIGHT
  See I
• UNMISTAKABLE
  Incapable of being mistaken or misunderstood; clear; plain; obvious; evident. -- Un`mis*tak"a*bly, adv.
• REACTIONIST
  A reactionary. C. Kingsley.
• LEAVE-TAKING
  Taking of leave; parting compliments. Shak.
• ALL SAINTS; ALL SAINTS'
  The first day of November, called, also, Allhallows or Hallowmas; a feast day kept in honor of all the saints; also, the season of this festival.
• MISTAKING
  An error; a mistake. Shak.
• CARTWRIGHT
  An artificer who makes carts; a cart maker.
• MADEFACTION; MADEFICATION
  The act of madefying, or making wet; the state of that which is made wet. Bacon.
• FRIGHTFUL
  1. Full of fright; affrighted; frightened. See how the frightful herds run from the wood. W. Browne. 2. Full of that which causes fright; exciting alarm; impressing terror; shocking; as, a frightful chasm, or tempest; a frightful appearance. Syn.
• SPRIGHTLY
  Sprightlike, or spiritlike; lively; brisk; animated; vigorous; airy; gay; as, a sprightly youth; a sprightly air; a sprightly dance. "Sprightly wit and love inspires." Dryden. The sprightly Sylvia trips along the green. Pope.
• SHRIGHT
  imp. & p. p. of Shriek. She cried alway and shright. Chaucer.
• REDACTION
  The act of redacting; work produced by redacting; a digest.