vow

Oznaczający (Angielski)

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. To make a vow; to promise.
2. 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.

Synonimy

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

declare solemnly

solemn declaration

vowed observance

charge strictly

say positively

adjuration

prornise

agree

allege

asseverate

asseveration

attest

averment

bond

certify

commandment

condition

constraints

convention

convince

decision

declaration

declaration of intention

dedicate

destiny

engage

insurance

insure

make a contract

oblation

observance

order

pay

💸

persuade

Wymawiane jako (IPA)

/vaʊ/

Etymologia (Angielski)

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.

Zdania

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

Their monastic vows include a vow of celibate chastity .