(transitive, intransitive) To assert the truth of (something); to affirm (something) with confidence; to declare (something) in a positive manner.

(Britain, dialectal, archaic) A beast of burden; chiefly a workhorse, but also a working ox or other animal. / (Northern England, Scotland, dialectal, archaic) An old, useless horse; a nag.

Any of four species of wading birds in the genus Recurvirostra, of the family Recurvirostridae, with long, slender recurved bills, long legs, and webbed feet.

(transitive) To declare openly and boldly, as something believed to be right; to own, acknowledge or confess frankly. / (transitive) To bind or devote by a vow.

(obsolete) avowal

(obsolete) The vanguard of an army or other force. / Any group of people who invent or promote new techniques or concepts, especially in the arts.

Innovative, pioneering, especially when extremely or obviously so.

simple past tense and past participle of avow

openly acknowledged / positively stated / asserted under oath, or vow

(cricket) The number of runs conceded divided by the number of wickets taken, used as a statistic.