vow
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
From Middle English, from Old French vut, from Latin votum (“a promise, dedication, vow”), from vovere (“to promise, vow”).
[edit] Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -aʊ
[edit] Noun
vow (plural vows)
- A solemn promise to perform some act, or behave in a specified manner, especially a promise to live and act in accordance with the rules of a religious order.
- The old hermit, up in the mountains, took a vow of silence.
- A declaration or assertion.
[edit] Translations
A solemn promise to perform some act, or behave in a specified manner
A declaration or assertion
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[edit] Verb
vow (third-person singular simple present vows, present participle vowing, simple past and past participle vowed)
- To make a vow.
- To declare publicly that one made a vow, usually to show one's determination or to announce an act of retaliation.
- The rebels vowed to continue their fight until they succeed.
[edit] Translations
To make a vow
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To declare publicly that one made a vow
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[edit] External links
- vow in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- vow in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
- vow at OneLook Dictionary Search
