Definition of vow

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Vow (n.) To assert solemnly; to asseverate.

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Y :: Y () Y, the twenty-fifth letter of the English alphabet, at the beginning of a word or syllable, except when a prefix (see Y-), is usually a fricative vocal consonant; as a prefix, and usually in the middle or at the end of a syllable, it is a vowel. See Guide to Pronunciation, // 145, 178-9, 272..
Vocality :: Vocality (n.) The quality of being a vowel; vocalic character.
Vower :: Vower (n.) One who makes a vow.
Long :: Long (superl.) Prolonged, or relatively more prolonged, in utterance; -- said of vowels and syllables. See Short, a., 13, and Guide to Pronunciation, // 22, 30..
Obligation :: Obligation (n.) That which obligates or constrains; the binding power of a promise, contract, oath, or vow, or of law; that which constitutes legal or moral duty..
Denial :: Denial (n.) A refusal to acknowledge; disclaimer of connection with; disavowal; -- the contrary of confession; as, the denial of a fault charged on one; a denial of God..
Rebellion :: Rebellion (v. i.) The act of rebelling; open and avowed renunciation of the authority of the government to which one owes obedience, and resistance to its officers and laws, either by levying war, or by aiding others to do so; an organized uprising of subjects for the purpose of coercing or overthrowing their lawful ruler or government by force; revolt; insurrection..
Stronghand :: Strong (superl.) Applied to forms in Anglo-Saxon, etc., which retain the old declensional endings. In the Teutonic languages the vowel stems have held the original endings most firmly, and are called strong; the stems in -n are called weak other constant stems conform, or are irregular..
Avow :: Avow (v. t.) To declare openly, as something believed to be right; to own or acknowledge frankly; as, a man avows his principles or his crimes..
Vanish :: Vanish (n.) The brief terminal part of vowel or vocal element, differing more or less in quality from the main part; as, a as in ale ordinarily ends with a vanish of i as in ill, o as in old with a vanish of oo as in foot..
Tenement :: Tenement (n.) Any species of permanent property that may be held, so as to create a tenancy, as lands, houses, rents, commons, an office, an advowson, a franchise, a right of common, a peerage, and the like; -- called also free / frank tenements..
Semivowel :: Semivowel (n.) The sign or letter representing such a sound.
Ostensibly :: Ostensibly (adv.) In an ostensible manner; avowedly; professedly; apparently.
Disavowment :: Disavowment (n.) Disavowal.
Vocal :: Vocal (a.) Of or pertaining to a vowel; having the character of a vowel; vowel.
Secular :: Secular (a.) Not regular; not bound by monastic vows or rules; not confined to a monastery, or subject to the rules of a religious community; as, a secular priest..
Renunciatory :: Renunciatory (a.) Pertaining to renunciation; containing or declaring a renunciation; as, renunciatory vows..
Devote :: Devote (v. t.) To appropriate by vow; to set apart or dedicate by a solemn act; to consecrate; also, to consign over; to doom; to evil; to devote one to destruction; the city was devoted to the flames..
Nunnery :: Nunnery (n.) A house in which nuns reside; a cloister or convent in which women reside for life, under religious vows. See Cloister, and Convent..
Circumflect :: Circumflect (v. t.) To mark with the circumflex accent, as a vowel..
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