Hypertext Webster Gateway: "vowed"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.]
1. 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.
2. To assert solemnly; to asseverate.
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