vow

Meanings

Noun

• 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.
• A declaration or assertion.
• A votive offering.

Verb

• To make a vow; to promise.
• To make a vow regarding (something).
• To declare publicly that one has made a vow, usually to show one's determination or to announce an act of retaliation.

Origin

• From Middle English vowe, voue, that from Old French vut, in turn from Latin vōtum ("a promise, dedication, vow"), from voveo. vote.