Vow
noun
1.
a solemn promise, pledge, or personal commitment:
marriage vows; a vow of secrecy.
2.
a solemn promise made to a deity or saint committing oneself to an act, service, or condition.
3.
a solemn or earnest declaration.
verb (used with object)
4.
to make a vow of; promise by a vow, as to God or a saint:
to vow a crusade or a pilgrimage.
5.
to pledge or resolve solemnly to do, make, give, observe, etc.:
They vowed revenge.
6.
to declare solemnly or earnestly; assert emphatically (often followed by a clause as object):
She vowed that she would take the matter to court.
7.
to dedicate or devote by a vow:
to vow oneself to the service of God.
verb (used without object)
8.
to make a vow.
9.
to make a solemn or earnest declaration.
Idioms
10.
take vows, to enter a religious order or house.
noun
1.
a solemn or earnest pledge or promise binding the person making it to perform a specified act or behave in a certain way
2.
a solemn promise made to a deity or saint, by which the promiser pledges himself to some future act, course of action, or way of life
3.
take vows, to enter a religious order and commit oneself to its rule of life by the vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience, which may be taken for a limited period as simple vows or as a perpetual and still more solemn commitment as solemn vows
verb
4.
(transitive; may take a clause as object or an infinitive) to pledge, promise, or undertake solemnly: he vowed that he would continue, he vowed to return
5.
(transitive) to dedicate or consecrate to God, a deity, or a saint
6.
(transitive; usually takes a clause as object) to assert or swear emphatically
7.
(intransitive) (archaic) to declare solemnly
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