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Vow

noun

A solemn pledge (to oneself or to another or to a deity) to do something or to behave in a certain manner.

verb

(past & past part. vowed; pres. part. vowing)

Make a vow; promise.

Dedicate to a deity by a vow. Synonym: consecrate.

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"Vow" Quotes from Famous Books

... little one!" replied Henri. "I do not belong to myself, I am bound by a vow to the fortune of several persons who stand to me, as I do to them. But I can place you in a refuge in Paris, where no human power ...

— The Girl with the Golden Eyes • Honore de Balzac

... vow the other day, in presence of MUGGINS, that he "would never shave until he had paid off his debts," but MUGGINS, in relating the fact, said simply that "TOODLES had concluded to wear a full beard ...

— Punchinello, Vol. 1, No. 15, July 9, 1870 • Various

... himself beyond the reach of human aid, he inwardly made a vow, that if God would incline the hearts of these ruffians to mercy, and restore him in safety to his family and people, he would distribute all the money then in his treasury, in alms to the needy ...

— Sanders' Union Fourth Reader • Charles W. Sanders

... a Man that's only arm'd with the defensive Cudgel, I'm for no such dead doing Arguments; if thou art for me, Child, it must be without the folly, for better for worse; there's a kind of Nonsense in that Vow Fools only swallow. ...

— The Works of Aphra Behn, Vol. I (of 6) • Aphra Behn

... you there have touch'd my weakness. I have a friend; hear it! such a friend, My heart was ne'er shut to him. Nay, I'll tell you: He knows the very business of this hour; But he rejoices in the cause, and loves it; We've chang'd a vow to live and die together, And he's at hand to ...

— Venice Preserved - A Tragedy • Thomas Otway

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