vow

(Engels)

Noun

1. 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.
2. A declaration or assertion.
3. (obsolete) A votive offering.

Verb

1. (ambitransitive) To make a vow; to promise.
2. (transitive) To make a vow regarding (something).
3. To declare publicly that one has made a vow, usually to show one's determination or to announce an act of retaliation.

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/vaʊ/

Etymologie (Engels)

Overgenomen van Middelengels: vowe

In summary

Inherited 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.

Concepten

eed

gelofte

zweren

plechtig beloven

een eed afleggen

belofte

beëdiging

beloven

bezweren

bezwering

een gelofte afleggen

beëdigen

Synoniemen

promise

pledge

oath

swear

take an oath

guarantee

assure

swearer

warrant

give one’s word

undertake

assurance

assert

pray

🛐

resolution

affirm

consecrate

solemn promise

take oath

give an undertaking

prayer

give one’s word to do

aver

agreement

avouch

determination

command

engagement

plight

predicate

protest

reassure

resolve

sacrament

sacrifice

sell

swan

🦢

swear by

swearing

testify

threat

make an oath

underwrite

vote

vouch

wedding

💒

wish

make an agreement

share bed and board

say emphatically

Zinnen

And the murmur lasted longer than a simple vow would have .

En het gemompel duurde langer dan een eenvoudige gelofte.

Their monastic vows include a vow of celibate chastity .

Hun monastieke geloften omvatten een gelofte van celibataire kuisheid.