Crossword clues for vow
vow
- Nonvulgar swearing
- Make a commitment
- It may be solemn
- "I do," at a wedding
- Wedding ritual
- Take a solemn ___
- Take a pledge
- Solemn assurance
- Serious pledge
- Sacred oath
- Personal pledge
- Personal commitment
- Part of a wedding ceremony
- Monk's promise of poverty, say
- Make a promise
- Inaugural statement
- Altar assurance
- "I do," for example
- 'I do,' e.g
- ''I'll never do it again,'' e.g
- Word before "of silence" or "of poverty"
- Wedding resolution
- Wedding commitment
- Solemn assertion
- Sacred assurance
- Reason to raise one's hand
- Promise Ike Turner didn't take seriously
- One taken in marriage
- One given at a wedding
- Monk's pledge
- Monastic pledge
- Hero's promise
- Garbage made one?
- An altar-ed "I do," e.g
- Altared statement?
- Altar pledge
- Altar act
- 2012 Channing Tatum/Rachel McAdams drama, with "The"
- "I shall return," say
- "I do," is a common one
- "I do," in weddings
- "Cross my heart," e.g
- ___ of silence (something taken by some monks)
- "I do," e.g.
- Commitment
- Words to remember
- "I'll never do it again," e.g.
- Word of honor
- Promise solemnly
- Solemn promise such as "I do"
- "I shall return," e.g.
- "I do," for one
- It may be taken with a raised hand
- "I do," at the altar
- Binding declaration
- See 35-Down
- Solemn pledge or promise
- Bad thing to break
- Wedding part
- Veiled statement?
- Asseverate
- One of two at a wedding
- A solemn pledge (to oneself or to another or to a deity) to do something or to behave in a certain manner
- 108-Across, e.g.
- Pledge
- Profession
- Oath
- Swear Polo has nothing in the middle?
- Swear words?
- Altar promise
- Take an oath
- Give one's word
- Formal promise
- "I do," e.g
- Wedding promise
- Altar agreement
- Solemn words
- Formal declaration
- Solemn statement
- Exchanged words
- Solemn declaration
- Sacred promise
- Promise at the altar
- ''I do,'' for one
- Solemn oath
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Vow \Vow\, v. i. To make a vow, or solemn promise.
Better is it that thou shouldest not vow, than that
thou shouldest vow and not pay.
--Eccl. v. 5.
Vow \Vow\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Vowed; p. pr. & vb. n. Vowing.] [OE. vouen, OF. vouer, voer, F. vouer, LL. votare. See Vow, n.]
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To give, consecrate, or dedicate to God, or to some deity, by a solemn promise; to devote; to promise solemnly. ``When thou vowest a vow unto God, defer not to pay it.''
--Eccl. v. 4.[Men] that vow a long and weary pilgrimage.
--Shak. To assert solemnly; to asseverate.
Vow \Vow\, n. [OE. vou, OF. vou, veu, vo, vu, F. v?u, from L. votum, from vovere, to vow. Cf. Avow, Devout, Vote.]
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A solemn promise made to God, or to some deity; an act by which one consecrates or devotes himself, absolutely or conditionally, wholly or in part, for a longer or shorter time, to some act, service, or condition; a devotion of one's possessions; as, a baptismal vow; a vow of poverty. ``Nothing . . . that may . . . stain my vow of Nazarite.''
--Milton.I pray thee, let me go and pay my vow.
--2 Sam. xv. 7.I am combined by a sacred vow.
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Specifically, a promise of fidelity; a pledge of love or affection; as, the marriage vow.
Knights of love, who never broke their vow; Firm to their plighted faith.
--Dryden.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"solemn promise," c.1300, from Anglo-French and Old French voe (Modern French vœu), from Latin votum "a promise to a god, solemn pledge, dedication; that which is promised; a wish, desire, longing, prayer," noun use of neuter of votus, past participle of vovere "to promise solemnly, pledge, dedicate, vow," from PIE root *wegwh- "to speak solemnly, vow, preach" (cognates: Sanskrit vaghat- "one who offers a sacrifice;" Greek eukhe "vow, wish," eukhomai "I pray"). Meaning "solemn engagement to devote oneself to a religious order or life" is from c.1400; earlier "to bind oneself" to chastity (early 14c.).
"promise solemnly," c.1300, from Old French voer, from voe (see vow (n.)). Related: Vowed; vowing.
Wiktionary
n. 1 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. 2 A declaration or assertion. vb. 1 (context ambitransitive English) To make a vow; to promise. 2 (context transitive English) To make a vow regarding (something). 3 To declare publicly that one has made a vow, usually to show one's determination or to announce an act of retaliation.
WordNet
n. a solemn pledge (to oneself or to another or to a deity) to do something or to behave in a certain manner; "they took vows of poverty"
v. make a vow; promise; "He vowed never to drink alcohol again"
dedicate to a deity by a vow [syn: consecrate]
Wikipedia
VOW may mean:
- Vow
- VOW, the SAME code for a Volcano Warning
- Vow (Garbage song)
- Village on Wheels. Exclusive tourist trains in India.(esp.to cater to the budget tourists, and hence the name)
- Virtual Office Website
"Vow" is a song by alternative rock band Garbage. It was released as their debut single in early 1995 by Discordant, a label set up by Mushroom Records to launch the group, and Almo Sounds in North America.
"Vow" was quietly licensed to a Volume magazine/CD sampler publication at the end of 1994; it was subsequently picked up and broadcast by BBC Radio 1 DJs Steve Lamacq and John Peel, and then playlisted by modern rock radio stations in Los Angeles and Seattle. "Vow" generated such significant buzz through positive reviews and word-of-mouth that it was eventually chosen as Garbage's first single release. After a low-key independent record label pressing in the United Kingdom, where it was packaged in a very limited edition logo embossed aluminium case, "Vow" went on to top the alternative charts in Australia and register on the Hot 100 singles chart in the United States.
The song began as a demo during sessions between band members Butch Vig, Duke Erikson and Steve Marker, and the composition finished after singer Shirley Manson joined the band. The lyrics for "Vow" deal with themes of revenge and retaliation, and were inspired by a newspaper article on domestic abuse. In 2007, "Vow" was remastered and included as the opening track on Garbage's greatest hits compilation, Absolute Garbage.
Vow or The Vow may refer to:
- A vow or promise
- The Vow (devolution promise), a pre-referendum joint statement promising more powers for Scotland in the event of a No vote in the 2014 independence referendum
Usage examples of "vow".
If given the chance, she would have rejoined the Order, but for those who abjure their vows, there is never a second chance.
She replied that she was debarred from accepting any money by her vow of poverty and obedience, and that she had given up to the abbess what remained of the alms the bishop had procured her.
But you can depend on my word that you will not know it until you have written me a very long letter begging me very humbly to indicate the place where the divine letter of the adorable object of your vows has gone.
He might have made a spear out of whalebone and wood, but he remembered that his vow of ahimsa forbade him to harm any animal, even a desperate tiger, even in defence of his own blessed life.
Did the Entity truly believe that he would forsake his vow of ahimsa merely upon the threat of death?
He remembered his vow of ahimsa then, and he realized that even if he had hated the tiger, he could never have harmed such a marvellous beast.
Cassidy was reminded of all the backstage fights he had been part of, back in the days when he still had a band: then the times when he was too fucked up on drugs to go out and play, when Jaime and Amad and the session men would haul him away from the mike and into the wings, demanding to know whether he had broken his vow to stay straight for this one gig.
And hoping like hell the damn monks could keep their vow of goddamned silence and not laugh their asses off.
Thy Father, who is holy, wise, and pure, Suffers the hypocrite or atheous priest To tread his sacred courts, and minister About his altar, handling holy things, Praying or vowing, and voutsafed his voice 490 To Balaam reprobate, a prophet yet Inspired: disdain not such access to me.
Perhaps Basel had once believed this and learned that other vows lay deepest in his heart.
Mr Botham vowed that Sharon would not go through that door unless she stepped over his dead body.
I vowed months ago in this House that if it came to my attention that a consular candidate had bribed, I would personally make sure he was charged and prosecuted.
Bishop, and Sten bade leaky farewells, vowing to write, to get together once a year, and all the rest of the bushwa service people promise and never do.
To him, then, I addressed my vows, but all in vain, for his feast came round and still I was in prison.
The Bloodguard answered in the words of the ancient Haruchai Vow: -- Ha-man rual tayba-sah carab ko-eeal neeta par-raoul.