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{
"derived": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "break-vow"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "solemn vow"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "One normally makes"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "takes a vow"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"english": "see below",
"word": "or simply vows"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "Commonly mentioned vows include those of silence"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "obedience"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "poverty"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "chastity"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "and celibacy"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"english": "to honor a vow",
"word": "'to keep"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"english": "to honor a vow",
"word": "pay"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"english": "to honor a vow",
"word": "fulfill a vow'"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"english": "to dishonor a vow",
"word": "'to break a vow'"
}
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*h₁wegʷʰ-"
},
"expansion": "",
"name": "root"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "enm",
"3": "vowe"
},
"expansion": "Middle English vowe",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "voue"
},
"expansion": "voue",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "fro",
"3": "vut"
},
"expansion": "Old French vut",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "la",
"3": "vōtum",
"4": "",
"5": "a promise, dedication, vow"
},
"expansion": "Latin vōtum (“a promise, dedication, vow”)",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "voveo",
"3": "vovēre",
"4": "to promise, vow"
},
"expansion": "vovēre (“to promise, vow”)",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "avow"
},
"expansion": "avow",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "vote"
},
"expansion": "Doublet of vote",
"name": "doublet"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Middle English vowe, voue, that from Old French vut, in turn from Latin vōtum (“a promise, dedication, vow”), from vovēre (“to promise, vow”). Not related to avow. Doublet of vote.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "vows",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
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{
"args": {},
"expansion": "vow (plural vows)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "36 8 3 6 2 44",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "The old hermit, up in the mountains, took a vow of silence.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"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."
],
"id": "en-vow-en-noun-UFUQ05kt",
"links": [
[
"solemn",
"solemn"
],
[
"promise",
"promise"
],
[
"perform",
"perform"
],
[
"act",
"act"
],
[
"behave",
"behave"
],
[
"specified",
"specified"
],
[
"live",
"live"
],
[
"accordance",
"accordance"
],
[
"rule",
"rule"
],
[
"religious",
"religious"
],
[
"order",
"order"
]
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "94 4 2",
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "naḏr",
"sense": "a solemn promise to perform some act, or behave in a specified manner",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "نَذْر"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 4 2",
"code": "arz",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "nadr",
"sense": "a solemn promise to perform some act, or behave in a specified manner",
"tags": [
"Egyptian-Arabic",
"masculine"
],
"word": "ندر"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 4 2",
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "uxt",
"sense": "a solemn promise to perform some act, or behave in a specified manner",
"word": "ուխտ"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 4 2",
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "erdum",
"sense": "a solemn promise to perform some act, or behave in a specified manner",
"word": "երդում"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 4 2",
"code": "ast",
"lang": "Asturian",
"sense": "a solemn promise to perform some act, or behave in a specified manner",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "votu"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 4 2",
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "kljátva",
"sense": "a solemn promise to perform some act, or behave in a specified manner",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "кля́тва"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 4 2",
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "kljacʹbá",
"sense": "a solemn promise to perform some act, or behave in a specified manner",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "кляцьба́"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 4 2",
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "prysjáha",
"sense": "a solemn promise to perform some act, or behave in a specified manner",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "прыся́га"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 4 2",
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "zarók",
"sense": "a solemn promise to perform some act, or behave in a specified manner",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "заро́к"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 4 2",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "klétva",
"sense": "a solemn promise to perform some act, or behave in a specified manner",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "кле́тва"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 4 2",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "obet",
"sense": "a solemn promise to perform some act, or behave in a specified manner",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "обет"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 4 2",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "a solemn promise to perform some act, or behave in a specified manner",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "vot"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 4 2",
"code": "nan-hbl",
"lang": "Chinese",
"roman": "goān",
"sense": "a solemn promise to perform some act, or behave in a specified manner",
"tags": [
"Hokkien"
],
"word": "愿"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 4 2",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "shìyán",
"sense": "a solemn promise to perform some act, or behave in a specified manner",
"word": "誓言"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 4 2",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "a solemn promise to perform some act, or behave in a specified manner",
"word": "誓約"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 4 2",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "shìyuē",
"sense": "a solemn promise to perform some act, or behave in a specified manner",
"word": "誓约"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 4 2",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "a solemn promise to perform some act, or behave in a specified manner",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "slib"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 4 2",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "a solemn promise to perform some act, or behave in a specified manner",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "přísaha"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 4 2",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "a solemn promise to perform some act, or behave in a specified manner",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "løfte"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 4 2",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "a solemn promise to perform some act, or behave in a specified manner",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "gelofte"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 4 2",
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "a solemn promise to perform some act, or behave in a specified manner",
"word": "voto"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 4 2",
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "a solemn promise to perform some act, or behave in a specified manner",
"word": "lubadus"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 4 2",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "a solemn promise to perform some act, or behave in a specified manner",
"word": "vala"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 4 2",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "a solemn promise to perform some act, or behave in a specified manner",
"word": "lupaus"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 4 2",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "a solemn promise to perform some act, or behave in a specified manner",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "voeu"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 4 2",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "a solemn promise to perform some act, or behave in a specified manner",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "vœu"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 4 2",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "a solemn promise to perform some act, or behave in a specified manner",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "voto"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 4 2",
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "pici",
"sense": "a solemn promise to perform some act, or behave in a specified manner",
"word": "ფიცი"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 4 2",
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "aɣtkma",
"sense": "a solemn promise to perform some act, or behave in a specified manner",
"word": "აღთქმა"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 4 2",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "a solemn promise to perform some act, or behave in a specified manner",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Gelübde"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 4 2",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "a solemn promise to perform some act, or behave in a specified manner",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Schwur"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 4 2",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "a solemn promise to perform some act, or behave in a specified manner",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Eid"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 4 2",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "a solemn promise to perform some act, or behave in a specified manner",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Gelöbnis"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 4 2",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "órkos",
"sense": "a solemn promise to perform some act, or behave in a specified manner",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "όρκος"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 4 2",
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "hórkos",
"sense": "a solemn promise to perform some act, or behave in a specified manner",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ὅρκος"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 4 2",
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "néder",
"sense": "a solemn promise to perform some act, or behave in a specified manner",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "נֶדֶר"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 4 2",
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "vrat",
"sense": "a solemn promise to perform some act, or behave in a specified manner",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "व्रत"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 4 2",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "a solemn promise to perform some act, or behave in a specified manner",
"word": "fogadalom"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 4 2",
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "a solemn promise to perform some act, or behave in a specified manner",
"word": "vovo"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 4 2",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "a solemn promise to perform some act, or behave in a specified manner",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "voto"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 4 2",
"alt": "ちかい",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "chikai",
"sense": "a solemn promise to perform some act, or behave in a specified manner",
"word": "誓い"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 4 2",
"alt": "せいやく",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "seiyaku",
"sense": "a solemn promise to perform some act, or behave in a specified manner",
"word": "誓約"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 4 2",
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "sert",
"sense": "a solemn promise to perform some act, or behave in a specified manner",
"word": "серт"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 4 2",
"alt": "盟誓",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "maengse",
"sense": "a solemn promise to perform some act, or behave in a specified manner",
"word": "맹세"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 4 2",
"alt": "誓約",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "seoyak",
"sense": "a solemn promise to perform some act, or behave in a specified manner",
"word": "서약"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 4 2",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "a solemn promise to perform some act, or behave in a specified manner",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "vōtum"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 4 2",
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "a solemn promise to perform some act, or behave in a specified manner",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "apsolījums"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 4 2",
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "a solemn promise to perform some act, or behave in a specified manner",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "įžadas"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 4 2",
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "zakletva",
"sense": "a solemn promise to perform some act, or behave in a specified manner",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "заклетва"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 4 2",
"code": "zdj",
"lang": "Ngazidja Comorian",
"sense": "a solemn promise to perform some act, or behave in a specified manner",
"tags": [
"class-10",
"class-9"
],
"word": "nadhiri"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 4 2",
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "a solemn promise to perform some act, or behave in a specified manner",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "løfte"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 4 2",
"code": "ang",
"lang": "Old English",
"sense": "a solemn promise to perform some act, or behave in a specified manner",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "behāt"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 4 2",
"code": "ota",
"lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
"roman": "and",
"sense": "a solemn promise to perform some act, or behave in a specified manner",
"word": "آند"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 4 2",
"code": "ota",
"lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
"roman": "sevgend",
"sense": "a solemn promise to perform some act, or behave in a specified manner",
"word": "سوگند"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 4 2",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "a solemn promise to perform some act, or behave in a specified manner",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ślub"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 4 2",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "a solemn promise to perform some act, or behave in a specified manner",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "przysięga"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 4 2",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "a solemn promise to perform some act, or behave in a specified manner",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "bodo"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 4 2",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "a solemn promise to perform some act, or behave in a specified manner",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "voto"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 4 2",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "a solemn promise to perform some act, or behave in a specified manner",
"word": "jurământ"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 4 2",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "kljátva",
"sense": "a solemn promise to perform some act, or behave in a specified manner",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "кля́тва"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 4 2",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "prisjága",
"sense": "a solemn promise to perform some act, or behave in a specified manner",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "прися́га"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 4 2",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "obét",
"sense": "a solemn promise to perform some act, or behave in a specified manner",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "обе́т"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 4 2",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "zarók",
"sense": "a solemn promise to perform some act, or behave in a specified manner",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "заро́к"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 4 2",
"code": "sa",
"lang": "Sanskrit",
"roman": "vratá",
"sense": "a solemn promise to perform some act, or behave in a specified manner",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "व्रत"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 4 2",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "a solemn promise to perform some act, or behave in a specified manner",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"feminine"
],
"word": "заклетва"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 4 2",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "a solemn promise to perform some act, or behave in a specified manner",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"feminine"
],
"word": "присега"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 4 2",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "a solemn promise to perform some act, or behave in a specified manner",
"tags": [
"Roman"
],
"word": "zakletva"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 4 2",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "a solemn promise to perform some act, or behave in a specified manner",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"feminine"
],
"word": "prisega"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 4 2",
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "a solemn promise to perform some act, or behave in a specified manner",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "prísaha"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 4 2",
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "a solemn promise to perform some act, or behave in a specified manner",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "sľub"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 4 2",
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "a solemn promise to perform some act, or behave in a specified manner",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "prisega"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 4 2",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "a solemn promise to perform some act, or behave in a specified manner",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "voto"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 4 2",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "a solemn promise to perform some act, or behave in a specified manner",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "manda"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 4 2",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "a solemn promise to perform some act, or behave in a specified manner",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "promesa"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 4 2",
"code": "sw",
"lang": "Swahili",
"sense": "a solemn promise to perform some act, or behave in a specified manner",
"tags": [
"class-10",
"class-9"
],
"word": "nadhiri"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 4 2",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "a solemn promise to perform some act, or behave in a specified manner",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "löfte"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 4 2",
"code": "txb",
"lang": "Tocharian B",
"sense": "a solemn promise to perform some act, or behave in a specified manner",
"word": "wrat"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 4 2",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "a solemn promise to perform some act, or behave in a specified manner",
"word": "yemin"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 4 2",
"code": "uga",
"lang": "Ugaritic",
"roman": "ndr",
"sense": "a solemn promise to perform some act, or behave in a specified manner",
"word": "𐎐𐎄𐎗"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 4 2",
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"sense": "a solemn promise to perform some act, or behave in a specified manner",
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"feminine"
],
"word": "кля́тва"
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{
"_dis1": "94 4 2",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "kljatʹbá",
"sense": "a solemn promise to perform some act, or behave in a specified manner",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "клятьба́"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 4 2",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "prysjáha",
"sense": "a solemn promise to perform some act, or behave in a specified manner",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "прися́га"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 4 2",
"code": "uk",
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"roman": "obít",
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"masculine"
],
"word": "обі́т"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 4 2",
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "a solemn promise to perform some act, or behave in a specified manner",
"word": "lời thề"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 4 2",
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "a solemn promise to perform some act, or behave in a specified manner",
"word": "lời nguyền"
}
]
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"ref": "2013 June 14, Sam Leith, “Where the profound meets the profane”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 1, page 37",
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[
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"assertion"
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"_dis1": "3 97 1",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "a declaration or assertion",
"word": "保證"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 97 1",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "bǎozhèng",
"sense": "a declaration or assertion",
"word": "保证"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 97 1",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "a declaration or assertion",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "eed"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 97 1",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "a declaration or assertion",
"word": "lupaus"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 97 1",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "a declaration or assertion",
"word": "vakuutus"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 97 1",
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "gancxadeba",
"sense": "a declaration or assertion",
"word": "განცხადება"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 97 1",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "a declaration or assertion",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Eid"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 97 1",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "diavevaíosi",
"sense": "a declaration or assertion",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "διαβεβαίωση"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 97 1",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "a declaration or assertion",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "voto"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 97 1",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "objazátelʹstvo",
"sense": "a declaration or assertion",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "обяза́тельство"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 97 1",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "zaverénije",
"sense": "a declaration or assertion",
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"neuter"
],
"word": "завере́ние"
}
]
},
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{
"ref": "1786, Richard Payne Knight, The Worship of Priapus",
"text": "There are also waxen vows, that represent other parts of the body mixed with them; but of these there are few in comparison of the number of the Priapi.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
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"A votive offering."
],
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[
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[
"offering",
"offering"
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],
"raw_glosses": [
"(obsolete) A votive offering."
],
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"obsolete"
]
}
],
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},
{
"rhymes": "-aʊ"
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"tags": [
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"text": "Audio (Southern England)"
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{
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"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "exchange vows"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "marriage vow"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "take vows"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "vow of celibacy"
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{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "wedding vow"
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{
"args": {
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"args": {
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{
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{
"args": {
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"ref": "1673, Richard Baxter, Christian Directory",
"text": "We do not vow that we will never sin, nor neglect a duty (nor ought we to do so).",
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}
],
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"To make a vow; to promise."
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"(transitive, intransitive) To make a vow; to promise."
],
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{
"_dis1": "65 29 6",
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "naḏara",
"sense": "to make a vow",
"word": "نَذَرَ"
},
{
"_dis1": "65 29 6",
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "kljáscisja",
"sense": "to make a vow",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "кля́сціся"
},
{
"_dis1": "65 29 6",
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "kljascísja",
"sense": "to make a vow",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "клясці́ся"
},
{
"_dis1": "65 29 6",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "kǎlná se",
"sense": "to make a vow",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "кълна́ се"
},
{
"_dis1": "65 29 6",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "zaklévam se",
"sense": "to make a vow",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "закле́вам се"
},
{
"_dis1": "65 29 6",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "zakǎlná se",
"sense": "to make a vow",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "закълна́ се"
},
{
"_dis1": "65 29 6",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to make a vow",
"word": "jurar"
},
{
"_dis1": "65 29 6",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to make a vow",
"word": "prometre solemnement"
},
{
"_dis1": "65 29 6",
"code": "nan-hbl",
"lang": "Chinese",
"roman": "hē-goān",
"sense": "to make a vow",
"tags": [
"Hokkien"
],
"word": "下愿"
},
{
"_dis1": "65 29 6",
"code": "nan-hbl",
"lang": "Chinese",
"roman": "hoat-goān",
"sense": "to make a vow",
"tags": [
"Hokkien"
],
"word": "发愿"
},
{
"_dis1": "65 29 6",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "to make a vow",
"word": "發誓"
},
{
"_dis1": "65 29 6",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "fāshì",
"sense": "to make a vow",
"word": "发誓"
},
{
"_dis1": "65 29 6",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to make a vow",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "přísahat"
},
{
"_dis1": "65 29 6",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "to make a vow",
"word": "love"
},
{
"_dis1": "65 29 6",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "to make a vow",
"word": "sværge"
},
{
"_dis1": "65 29 6",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to make a vow",
"word": "gelofte afleggen"
},
{
"_dis1": "65 29 6",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to make a vow",
"word": "zweren"
},
{
"_dis1": "65 29 6",
"code": "myv",
"lang": "Erzya",
"roman": "varams",
"sense": "to make a vow",
"word": "варамс"
},
{
"_dis1": "65 29 6",
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "to make a vow",
"word": "lubama"
},
{
"_dis1": "65 29 6",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to make a vow",
"word": "vannoa vala"
},
{
"_dis1": "65 29 6",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to make a vow",
"word": "vannoa"
},
{
"_dis1": "65 29 6",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to make a vow",
"word": "luvata"
},
{
"_dis1": "65 29 6",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to make a vow",
"word": "vakuuttaa"
},
{
"_dis1": "65 29 6",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to make a vow",
"word": "jurer"
},
{
"_dis1": "65 29 6",
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "aɣtkma",
"sense": "to make a vow",
"word": "აღთქმა"
},
{
"_dis1": "65 29 6",
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "dapiceba",
"sense": "to make a vow",
"word": "დაფიცება"
},
{
"_dis1": "65 29 6",
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "picis dadeba",
"sense": "to make a vow",
"word": "ფიცის დადება"
},
{
"_dis1": "65 29 6",
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "daṗireba",
"sense": "to make a vow",
"word": "დაპირება"
},
{
"_dis1": "65 29 6",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to make a vow",
"word": "schwören"
},
{
"_dis1": "65 29 6",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to make a vow",
"word": "geloben"
},
{
"_dis1": "65 29 6",
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "ómnumi",
"sense": "to make a vow",
"word": "ὄμνυμι"
},
{
"_dis1": "65 29 6",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to make a vow",
"word": "megfogad"
},
{
"_dis1": "65 29 6",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to make a vow",
"word": "megesküszik"
},
{
"_dis1": "65 29 6",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"note": "in a phrase after an indefinite noun",
"sense": "to make a vow",
"word": "fogad"
},
{
"_dis1": "65 29 6",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to make a vow",
"word": "esküszik"
},
{
"_dis1": "65 29 6",
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "to make a vow",
"word": "strengja heit"
},
{
"_dis1": "65 29 6",
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "to make a vow",
"word": "vovar"
},
{
"_dis1": "65 29 6",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to make a vow",
"word": "giurare"
},
{
"_dis1": "65 29 6",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to make a vow",
"word": "votare"
},
{
"_dis1": "65 29 6",
"alt": "ちかう",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "chikau",
"sense": "to make a vow",
"word": "誓う"
},
{
"_dis1": "65 29 6",
"alt": "ちぎる",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "chigiru",
"sense": "to make a vow",
"word": "契る"
},
{
"_dis1": "65 29 6",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "maengsehada",
"sense": "to make a vow",
"word": "맹세하다"
},
{
"_dis1": "65 29 6",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to make a vow",
"word": "vōveō"
},
{
"_dis1": "65 29 6",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to make a vow",
"word": "iurō"
},
{
"_dis1": "65 29 6",
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "to make a vow",
"word": "apsolīt"
},
{
"_dis1": "65 29 6",
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "to make a vow",
"word": "pažadėti"
},
{
"_dis1": "65 29 6",
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "kolne",
"sense": "to make a vow",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "колне"
},
{
"_dis1": "65 29 6",
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "zakolne",
"sense": "to make a vow",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "заколне"
},
{
"_dis1": "65 29 6",
"code": "okm",
"lang": "Middle Korean",
"roman": "pyekita",
"sense": "to make a vow",
"word": "벼기다"
},
{
"_dis1": "65 29 6",
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "to make a vow",
"word": "love"
},
{
"_dis1": "65 29 6",
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "to make a vow",
"word": "sverge"
},
{
"_dis1": "65 29 6",
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "to make a vow",
"word": "lova"
},
{
"_dis1": "65 29 6",
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "to make a vow",
"word": "sverja"
},
{
"_dis1": "65 29 6",
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "to make a vow",
"word": "sverje"
},
{
"_dis1": "65 29 6",
"code": "pms",
"lang": "Piedmontese",
"sense": "to make a vow",
"word": "voidé"
},
{
"_dis1": "65 29 6",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "kljástʹsja",
"sense": "to make a vow",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "кля́сться"
},
{
"_dis1": "65 29 6",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "pokljástʹsja",
"sense": "to make a vow",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "покля́сться"
},
{
"_dis1": "65 29 6",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "prisjagátʹ",
"sense": "to make a vow",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "присяга́ть"
},
{
"_dis1": "65 29 6",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "prisjagnútʹ",
"sense": "to make a vow",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "присягну́ть"
},
{
"_dis1": "65 29 6",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "davátʹ obét",
"sense": "to make a vow",
"word": "дава́ть обе́т"
},
{
"_dis1": "65 29 6",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "obeščátʹ",
"sense": "to make a vow",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "обеща́ть"
},
{
"_dis1": "65 29 6",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "poobeščátʹ",
"sense": "to make a vow",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "пообеща́ть"
},
{
"_dis1": "65 29 6",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to make a vow",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"imperfective"
],
"word": "кле̑ти се"
},
{
"_dis1": "65 29 6",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to make a vow",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"imperfective"
],
"word": "klȇti se"
},
{
"_dis1": "65 29 6",
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "to make a vow",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "prisahať"
},
{
"_dis1": "65 29 6",
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "to make a vow",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "prisegati"
},
{
"_dis1": "65 29 6",
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "to make a vow",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "priseči"
},
{
"_dis1": "65 29 6",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to make a vow",
"word": "svära"
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{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "a solemn promise to perform some act, or behave in a specified manner",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "løfte"
},
{
"code": "ang",
"lang": "Old English",
"sense": "a solemn promise to perform some act, or behave in a specified manner",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "behāt"
},
{
"code": "ota",
"lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
"roman": "and",
"sense": "a solemn promise to perform some act, or behave in a specified manner",
"word": "آند"
},
{
"code": "ota",
"lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
"roman": "sevgend",
"sense": "a solemn promise to perform some act, or behave in a specified manner",
"word": "سوگند"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "a solemn promise to perform some act, or behave in a specified manner",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ślub"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "a solemn promise to perform some act, or behave in a specified manner",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "przysięga"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "a solemn promise to perform some act, or behave in a specified manner",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "bodo"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "a solemn promise to perform some act, or behave in a specified manner",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "voto"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "a solemn promise to perform some act, or behave in a specified manner",
"word": "jurământ"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "kljátva",
"sense": "a solemn promise to perform some act, or behave in a specified manner",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "кля́тва"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "prisjága",
"sense": "a solemn promise to perform some act, or behave in a specified manner",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "прися́га"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "obét",
"sense": "a solemn promise to perform some act, or behave in a specified manner",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "обе́т"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "zarók",
"sense": "a solemn promise to perform some act, or behave in a specified manner",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "заро́к"
},
{
"code": "sa",
"lang": "Sanskrit",
"roman": "vratá",
"sense": "a solemn promise to perform some act, or behave in a specified manner",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "व्रत"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "a solemn promise to perform some act, or behave in a specified manner",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"feminine"
],
"word": "заклетва"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "a solemn promise to perform some act, or behave in a specified manner",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"feminine"
],
"word": "присега"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "a solemn promise to perform some act, or behave in a specified manner",
"tags": [
"Roman"
],
"word": "zakletva"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "a solemn promise to perform some act, or behave in a specified manner",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"feminine"
],
"word": "prisega"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "a solemn promise to perform some act, or behave in a specified manner",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "prísaha"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "a solemn promise to perform some act, or behave in a specified manner",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "sľub"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "a solemn promise to perform some act, or behave in a specified manner",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "prisega"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "a solemn promise to perform some act, or behave in a specified manner",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "voto"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "a solemn promise to perform some act, or behave in a specified manner",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "manda"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "a solemn promise to perform some act, or behave in a specified manner",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "promesa"
},
{
"code": "sw",
"lang": "Swahili",
"sense": "a solemn promise to perform some act, or behave in a specified manner",
"tags": [
"class-10",
"class-9"
],
"word": "nadhiri"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "a solemn promise to perform some act, or behave in a specified manner",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "löfte"
},
{
"code": "txb",
"lang": "Tocharian B",
"sense": "a solemn promise to perform some act, or behave in a specified manner",
"word": "wrat"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "a solemn promise to perform some act, or behave in a specified manner",
"word": "yemin"
},
{
"code": "uga",
"lang": "Ugaritic",
"roman": "ndr",
"sense": "a solemn promise to perform some act, or behave in a specified manner",
"word": "𐎐𐎄𐎗"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "kljátva",
"sense": "a solemn promise to perform some act, or behave in a specified manner",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "кля́тва"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "kljatʹbá",
"sense": "a solemn promise to perform some act, or behave in a specified manner",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "клятьба́"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "prysjáha",
"sense": "a solemn promise to perform some act, or behave in a specified manner",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "прися́га"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "obít",
"sense": "a solemn promise to perform some act, or behave in a specified manner",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "обі́т"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "a solemn promise to perform some act, or behave in a specified manner",
"word": "lời thề"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "a solemn promise to perform some act, or behave in a specified manner",
"word": "lời nguyền"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "a declaration or assertion",
"word": "保證"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "bǎozhèng",
"sense": "a declaration or assertion",
"word": "保证"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "a declaration or assertion",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "eed"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "a declaration or assertion",
"word": "lupaus"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "a declaration or assertion",
"word": "vakuutus"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "gancxadeba",
"sense": "a declaration or assertion",
"word": "განცხადება"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "a declaration or assertion",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Eid"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "diavevaíosi",
"sense": "a declaration or assertion",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "διαβεβαίωση"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "a declaration or assertion",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "voto"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "objazátelʹstvo",
"sense": "a declaration or assertion",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "обяза́тельство"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "zaverénije",
"sense": "a declaration or assertion",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "завере́ние"
}
],
"word": "vow"
}
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"English entries with language name categories using raw markup",
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"English lemmas",
"English nouns",
"English terms derived from Latin",
"English terms derived from Middle English",
"English terms derived from Old French",
"English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
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"English terms inherited from Middle English",
"English terms with IPA pronunciation",
"English terms with audio links",
"English verbs",
"Middle Korean terms with redundant transliterations",
"Requests for review of Mongolian translations",
"Requests for review of Yakut translations",
"Rhymes:English/aʊ",
"Rhymes:English/aʊ/1 syllable"
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"word": "exchange vows"
},
{
"word": "marriage vow"
},
{
"word": "take vows"
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{
"word": "vow of celibacy"
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{
"word": "wedding vow"
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{
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}
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"ref": "1673, Richard Baxter, Christian Directory",
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"type": "quotation"
}
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"(transitive, intransitive) To make a vow; to promise."
],
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"intransitive",
"transitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
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],
"examples": [
{
"text": "The wronged woman vowed revenge."
}
],
"glosses": [
"To make a vow regarding (something)."
],
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"(transitive) To make a vow regarding (something)."
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
]
},
{
"examples": [
{
"text": "The rebels vowed to continue their fight."
}
],
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"To declare publicly that one has made a vow, usually to show one's determination or to announce an act of retaliation."
],
"links": [
[
"declare",
"declare"
]
]
}
],
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"ipa": "/vaʊ/"
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{
"rhymes": "-aʊ"
},
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],
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{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "naḏara",
"sense": "to make a vow",
"word": "نَذَرَ"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "kljáscisja",
"sense": "to make a vow",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "кля́сціся"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "kljascísja",
"sense": "to make a vow",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "клясці́ся"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "kǎlná se",
"sense": "to make a vow",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "кълна́ се"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "zaklévam se",
"sense": "to make a vow",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "закле́вам се"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "zakǎlná se",
"sense": "to make a vow",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "закълна́ се"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to make a vow",
"word": "jurar"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to make a vow",
"word": "prometre solemnement"
},
{
"code": "nan-hbl",
"lang": "Chinese",
"roman": "hē-goān",
"sense": "to make a vow",
"tags": [
"Hokkien"
],
"word": "下愿"
},
{
"code": "nan-hbl",
"lang": "Chinese",
"roman": "hoat-goān",
"sense": "to make a vow",
"tags": [
"Hokkien"
],
"word": "发愿"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "to make a vow",
"word": "發誓"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "fāshì",
"sense": "to make a vow",
"word": "发誓"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to make a vow",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "přísahat"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "to make a vow",
"word": "love"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "to make a vow",
"word": "sværge"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to make a vow",
"word": "gelofte afleggen"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to make a vow",
"word": "zweren"
},
{
"code": "myv",
"lang": "Erzya",
"roman": "varams",
"sense": "to make a vow",
"word": "варамс"
},
{
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "to make a vow",
"word": "lubama"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to make a vow",
"word": "vannoa vala"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to make a vow",
"word": "vannoa"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to make a vow",
"word": "luvata"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to make a vow",
"word": "vakuuttaa"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to make a vow",
"word": "jurer"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "aɣtkma",
"sense": "to make a vow",
"word": "აღთქმა"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "dapiceba",
"sense": "to make a vow",
"word": "დაფიცება"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "picis dadeba",
"sense": "to make a vow",
"word": "ფიცის დადება"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "daṗireba",
"sense": "to make a vow",
"word": "დაპირება"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to make a vow",
"word": "schwören"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to make a vow",
"word": "geloben"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "ómnumi",
"sense": "to make a vow",
"word": "ὄμνυμι"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to make a vow",
"word": "megfogad"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to make a vow",
"word": "megesküszik"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"note": "in a phrase after an indefinite noun",
"sense": "to make a vow",
"word": "fogad"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to make a vow",
"word": "esküszik"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "to make a vow",
"word": "strengja heit"
},
{
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "to make a vow",
"word": "vovar"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to make a vow",
"word": "giurare"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to make a vow",
"word": "votare"
},
{
"alt": "ちかう",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "chikau",
"sense": "to make a vow",
"word": "誓う"
},
{
"alt": "ちぎる",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "chigiru",
"sense": "to make a vow",
"word": "契る"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "maengsehada",
"sense": "to make a vow",
"word": "맹세하다"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to make a vow",
"word": "vōveō"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to make a vow",
"word": "iurō"
},
{
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "to make a vow",
"word": "apsolīt"
},
{
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "to make a vow",
"word": "pažadėti"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "kolne",
"sense": "to make a vow",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "колне"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "zakolne",
"sense": "to make a vow",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "заколне"
},
{
"code": "okm",
"lang": "Middle Korean",
"roman": "pyekita",
"sense": "to make a vow",
"word": "벼기다"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "to make a vow",
"word": "love"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "to make a vow",
"word": "sverge"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "to make a vow",
"word": "lova"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "to make a vow",
"word": "sverja"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "to make a vow",
"word": "sverje"
},
{
"code": "pms",
"lang": "Piedmontese",
"sense": "to make a vow",
"word": "voidé"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "kljástʹsja",
"sense": "to make a vow",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "кля́сться"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "pokljástʹsja",
"sense": "to make a vow",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "покля́сться"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "prisjagátʹ",
"sense": "to make a vow",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "присяга́ть"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "prisjagnútʹ",
"sense": "to make a vow",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "присягну́ть"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "davátʹ obét",
"sense": "to make a vow",
"word": "дава́ть обе́т"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "obeščátʹ",
"sense": "to make a vow",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "обеща́ть"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "poobeščátʹ",
"sense": "to make a vow",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "пообеща́ть"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to make a vow",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"imperfective"
],
"word": "кле̑ти се"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to make a vow",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"imperfective"
],
"word": "klȇti se"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "to make a vow",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "prisahať"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "to make a vow",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "prisegati"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "to make a vow",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "priseči"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to make a vow",
"word": "svära"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to make a vow",
"word": "lova"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to make a vow",
"word": "ant içmek"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to make a vow",
"word": "yemin etmek"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "kljástysja",
"sense": "to make a vow",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "кля́стися"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "kljastýsja",
"sense": "to make a vow",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "клясти́ся"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "xuānshì",
"sense": "to declare publicly that one made a vow",
"word": "宣誓"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to declare publicly that one made a vow",
"word": "vannoa"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "dapiceba",
"sense": "to declare publicly that one made a vow",
"word": "დაფიცება"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "daṗireba",
"sense": "to declare publicly that one made a vow",
"word": "დაპირება"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to declare publicly that one made a vow",
"word": "megfogad"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "to declare publicly that one made a vow",
"word": "strengja heit"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "kljástʹsja",
"sense": "to declare publicly that one made a vow",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "кля́сться"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "pokljástʹsja",
"sense": "to declare publicly that one made a vow",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "покля́сться"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "obeščátʹ",
"sense": "to declare publicly that one made a vow",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "обеща́ть"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "poobeščátʹ",
"sense": "to declare publicly that one made a vow",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "пообеща́ть"
}
],
"word": "vow"
}
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