volow
English
Etymology
Latin volo (“I will”), the answer in the baptismal service.
Verb
volow (third-person singular simple present volows, present participle volowing, simple past and past participle volowed)
- (obsolete, derogatory, transitive) To baptize.
- 1528, William Tyndale, The Obedience of a Christian Man
- The child was well volowed (say they) yea, and our vicar is as fair a volower as ever a priest within this twenty miles
- 1528, William Tyndale, The Obedience of a Christian Man
Usage notes
- Used in contempt by the Reformers.
References
- volow in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913