Avow
Avow verb - To state as a fact usually forcefully.
Urge
Urge verb - To try to persuade (someone) through earnest appeals to follow a course of action.
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Urge and Avow. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/avow/urge
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