devow

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English

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Etymology

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From French dévouer, Latin devovere. Equivalent to de- +‎ vow. Doublet of devote (transitive verb).

Verb

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devow (third-person singular simple present devows, present participle devowing, simple past and past participle devowed)

  1. (obsolete) To give up; to devote.
  2. (obsolete) To disavow; to disclaim.
    • 1610, Giles Fletcher, Christ's Victorie and Triumph, in Heaven, in Earth, over and after Death:
      That should have been for sacred vengeance thrown:
      Thereto the armies angelic devow'd
      Their former rage, and all to Mercy bowed;

References

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devow”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

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