Definition of vow

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Vow (n.) Specifically, a promise of fidelity; a pledge of love or affection; as, the marriage vow..

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Vow :: Vow (n.) A solemn promise made to God, or to some deity; an act by which one consecrates or devotes himself, absolutely or conditionally, wholly or in part, for a longer or shorter time, to some act, service, or condition; a devotion of one's possessions; as, a baptismal vow; a vow of poverty..
Rebellion :: Rebellion (v. i.) The act of rebelling; open and avowed renunciation of the authority of the government to which one owes obedience, and resistance to its officers and laws, either by levying war, or by aiding others to do so; an organized uprising of subjects for the purpose of coercing or overthrowing their lawful ruler or government by force; revolt; insurrection..
Celibate :: Celibate (n.) One who is unmarried, esp. a bachelor, or one bound by vows not to marry..
Religieux :: Religieux (n. m.) A person bound by monastic vows; a nun; a monk.
Vocal :: Vocal (n.) A vocal sound; specifically, a purely vocal element of speech, unmodified except by resonance; a vowel or a diphthong; a tonic element; a tonic; -- distinguished from a subvocal, and a nonvocal..
Breve :: Breve (n.) A curved mark [/] used commonly to indicate the short quantity of a vowel.
Synallagmatic :: Synalepha (n.) A contraction of syllables by suppressing some vowel or diphthong at the end of a word, before another vowel or diphthong; as, th' army, for the army..
Nazaritism :: Nazaritism (n.) The vow and practice of a Nazarite.
Augment :: Augment (n.) A vowel prefixed, or a lengthening of the initial vowel, to mark past time, as in Greek and Sanskrit verbs..
Guna :: Guna (n.) In Sanskrit grammar, a lengthening of the simple vowels a, i, e, by prefixing an a element. The term is sometimes used to denote the same vowel change in other languages..
Disclaimer :: Disclaimer (n.) A denial, disavowal, or renunciation, as of a title, claim, interest, estate, or trust; relinquishment or waiver of an interest or estate..
Declare :: Declare (v. t.) To make declaration of; to assert; to affirm; to set forth; to avow; as, he declares the story to be false..
Declaredly :: Declaredly (adv.) Avowedly; explicitly.
Nasal :: Nasal (a.) Having a quality imparted by means of the nose; and specifically, made by lowering the soft palate, in some cases with closure of the oral passage, the voice thus issuing (wholly or partially) through the nose, as in the consonants m, n, ng (see Guide to Pronunciation, // 20, 208); characterized by resonance in the nasal passage; as, a nasal vowel; a nasal utterance..
Round :: Round (a.) Modified, as a vowel, by contraction of the lip opening, making the opening more or less round in shape; rounded; labialized; labial. See Guide to Pronunciation, / 11..
Vow :: Vow (n.) To give, consecrate, or dedicate to God, or to some deity, by a solemn promise; to devote; to promise solemnly..
Contract :: Contract (n.) To shorten by omitting a letter or letters or by reducing two or more vowels or syllables to one.
Disavower :: Disavower (n.) One who disavows.
Triphthongal :: Triphthongal (a.) Of or pertaining to a triphthong; consisting of three vowel sounds pronounced together in a single syllable.
Behight :: Behight (v.) To promise; to vow.
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