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| VERB: | 1. To recognize, often reluctantly, the reality or truth of: acknowledge, admit, concede, confess, grant, own (up). Slang : fess up. Chiefly Regional : allow. See AFFIRM, KNOWLEDGE. 2. To put into words positively and with conviction: affirm, allege, argue, assert, asseverate, aver, avouch, claim, contend, declare, hold, maintain, say, state. Idioms: have it. See AFFIRM.
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