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  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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