Found 4 items, similar to vow.
English → Indonesian (Kamus Landak)
Definition: vow
bersumpah
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: vow
janji, nazar
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: vow
vow
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 1: make a vow; promise;
“He vowed never to drink alcohol again”
2: dedicate to a deity by a vow [syn:
consecrate]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Vow
Vow
\Vow\, v. i.
To make a vow, or solemn promise.
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Better is it that thou shouldest not vow, than that
thou shouldest vow and not pay. --Eccl. v. 5.
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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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1. 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.
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I pray thee, let me go and pay my vow. --2 Sam. xv.
7.
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I am combined by a sacred vow. --Shak.
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2. Specifically, a promise of fidelity; a pledge of love or
affection; as, the marriage vow.
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Knights of love, who never broke their vow;
Firm to their plighted faith. --Dryden.
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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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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.
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[Men] that vow a long and weary pilgrimage. --Shak.
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2. To assert solemnly; to asseverate.
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