1. Reconnaître.
2. Confesser.
1. To afford possibility; SYN. allow.
2. To allow participation in or the right to be part of; permit to exercise the rights, functions, and responsibilities of; SYN. let in, include.
3. To allow to enter; grant entry to; SYN. allow in, let in.
4. To declare or acknowledge to be true; SYN. acknowledge.
5. To give access or entrance to.
6. To serve as a means of entrance.
7. Have room for; hold without crowding
8. Admit into a group or community
ETYM Old Fren. avouer, from Late Lat. votare to vow, from Latin votun. Related to Vote.
1. To admit openly and bluntly; make no bones about; SYN. avouch.
2. Openly acknowledge; affirm.
1. To confess to God in the presence of a priest, as in the Catholic faith.
2. To confess to a punishable or reprehensible deed, usually under pressure; SYN. squeal, shrive.