Vow: alternatives and connections

Plighted faith; marriage contract or promise.

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To contract to any one for a marriage; to engage or promise in order to marriage; to affiance; -- used esp. of a woman.

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To put under pledge; to pledge; to place under obligations to do or forbear doing something, as by a pledge, oath, or promise; to bind by contract or…

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imp. & p. p. of Plight, to pledge.

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To make open declaration of, as of one's knowledge, belief, action, etc.; to avow or acknowledge; to confess publicly; to own or admit freely.

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To affirm or utter a solemn declaration, with an appeal to God for the truth of what is affirmed; to make a promise, threat, or resolve on oath; also…

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The act of assuring; a declaration tending to inspire full confidence; that which is designed to give confidence.

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To give in trust; to put into charge or keeping; to intrust; to consign; -- used with to, unto.

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Consecrated; devoted; dedicated; sacred.

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Dedicated; set apart; devoted; consecrated.

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To appropriate by vow; to set apart or dedicate by a solemn act; to consecrate; also, to consign over; to doom; to evil; to devote one to destruction…

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To bestow without receiving a return; to confer without compensation; to impart, as a possession; to grant, as authority or permission; to yield up o…

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The transfer of possession of personal property from a debtor to a creditor as security for a debt or engagement; also, the contract created between…

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imp. & p. p. of Plight, to pledge.

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Consecrated; devoted; dedicated; sacred.

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Consecrated; devoted; dedicated; sacred.

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The act or ceremony of consecrating; the state of being consecrated; dedication.

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The act or ceremony of consecrating; the state of being consecrated; dedication.

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One who makes a vow.

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One who makes a vow.

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Consecrated; devoted; dedicated; sacred.

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