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Synonyms
vow1 (vou)

[Middle English vou, from Old French, from Latin vōtum; see vote.]

noun 

  1. An earnest promise to perform a specified act or behave in a certain manner, especially a solemn promise to live and act in accordance with the rules of a religious order: take the vows of a nun.
  2. A declaration or assertion.

verb: vowed, vow·ing, vows. 

transitive verb 

  1. To promise solemnly; pledge. See synonyms at promise
  2. To make a pledge or threat to undertake: vowing revenge on their persecutors.

intransitive verb 

To make a vow; promise.

derivatives

voẃer
noun
vow2 (vou)

[Short for avow.]

transitive verb 

To declare or assert: “Well, I vow it is as fine a boy as ever was seen!” (Henry Fielding)