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vow
/vaʊ/
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What does vow mean?
noun
- 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.
verb
- To make a vow; to promise.
More meanings (3)
verb
- To make a vow regarding (something).
- To declare publicly that one has made a vow, usually to show one's determination or to announce an act of retaliation.
noun
- (obsolete) A votive offering.
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IPA pronunciation
/vaʊ/
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“I always make a vow never to go to another party of any description,” Helen replied, “and I always break it.”
The Râkschasa replied, “I never walk nor touch the earth with my feet. I have made a vow not to do so.”
More book examples (3)
I sprang to my feet, and with back-thrown shoulders and upraised sword took a solemn vow to reach, rescue, and revenge my Princess.
The flush upon his face proclaimed at once that the vow of twenty-one years had lapsed, and the era of recklessness begun anew.
As she looked at him with her dark, clear eyes, weighing this precious vow and yet not committing herself--“Ah, you don’t forgive me!”