vow
Signification (English)
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- 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.
- A declaration or assertion.
- (obsolete) A votive offering.
Concepts
Synonyms
take an oath
give one’s word
solemn promise
take oath
give an undertaking
give one’s word to do
make an oath
make an agreement
share bed and board
say emphatically
declare solemnly
solemn declaration
vowed observance
charge strictly
say positively
prornise
allege
declaration of intention
make a contract
Fréquence
Prononcé comme (IPA)
/vaʊ/
Étymologie (English)
In summary
From Middle English vowe, voue, that from Old French vut, in turn from Latin vōtum (“a promise, dedication, vow”), from vovēre (“to promise, vow”). Not related to avow. Doublet of vote.
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