devow
English
Etymology
From French dévouer, Latin devovere. See devote (transitive verb).
Verb
devow (third-person singular simple present devows, present participle devowing, simple past and past participle devowed)
- (obsolete) To give up; to devote.
- (obsolete) To disavow; to disclaim.
- 1610, Giles Fletcher, Christ's Victorie and Triumph, in Heaven, in Earth, over and after Death
- That should have been for sacred vengeance thrown:
Thereto the armies angelic devow'd
- That should have been for sacred vengeance thrown:
- 1610, Giles Fletcher, Christ's Victorie and Triumph, in Heaven, in Earth, over and after Death
References
devow in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
Anagrams
- vowed