vow English
Noun
( en 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.
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A declaration or assertion.
* {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-14, author= Sam Leith
, volume=189, issue=1, page=37, magazine=( The Guardian Weekly)
, title= Where the profound meets the profane
, passage=Swearing doesn't just mean what we now understand by "dirty words". It is entwined, in social and linguistic history, with the other sort of swearing: vows and oaths. Consider for a moment the origins of almost any word we have for bad language – "profanity", "curses", "oaths" and "swearing" itself.}}
Usage notes
* One normally makes'' or ''takes'' a vow, or simply ''vows (see below).
* Commonly mentioned vows include those of silence'', ''obedience'', ''poverty'', ''chastity'', and ''celibacy .
* 'to keep/pay/fulfill a vow' = to honor a vow
* 'to break a vow' = to dishonor a vow
Verb
( en verb)
(ambitransitive) To make a vow; to promise.
* Bible, Eccl. v. 4
- When thou vowest a vow unto God, defer not to pay it.
* Richard Baxter
- We do not vow that we will never sin, nor neglect a duty (nor ought we to do so).
To make a vow regarding (something).
- The wronged woman vowed revenge.
To declare publicly that one has made a vow, usually to show one's determination or to announce an act of retaliation.
- The rebels vowed to continue their fight.
Derived terms
* exchange vows
* take vows
* vow of celibacy
* vow of chastity
* vow of silence
* vow of poverty
Related terms
* devote
* vote
* votive
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troth English
Noun
(troths)
(archaic) an oath, promise, or pledge
* {{quote-book
, year = 1597
, first = William
, last = Shakespeare
, authorlink = William Shakespeare
, title =
, chapter = Act III, Scene 2
, passage = By my troth , I care not; a man can die but once; we owe God a death:
}}
* {{quote-book
, year = 1883
, first = Howard
, last = Pyle
, authorlink = Howard Pyle
, title =
, chapter = The Shooting Match at Nottingham Town
, passage = And by my faith and troth , I have a good part of a mind to have thee beaten for thine insolence!
}}
* {{quote-book
, year = 1909
, first = Daniel Bussier
, last = Shumway (translator)
, title =
, chapter = Adventure XVI
, passage = Hagen of Troneg now foully broke his troth to Siegfried.
}}
specifically, a promise or pledge to marry someone
the state of being thus pledged; betrothal, engagement
Quotations
;betrothal
* 1893, , Collaboration [http://www.henryjames.org.uk/collab/CLtext.htm]
*: Vendemer’s sole fortune is his genius, and he and Paule, who confessed to an answering flame, plighted their troth like a pair of young rustics or (what comes for French people to the same thing) young Anglo-Saxons.
*1826, , The Last of the Mohicans
*: I did therefore what an honest man should - restored the maiden her troth , and departed the country in the service of my king.
Related terms
* betroth
* betrothal
* truth
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