devow

English

Etymology

From French dévouer, Latin devovere. Equivalent to de- +‎ vow. Doublet of devote (transitive verb).

Verb

devow (third-person singular simple present devows, present participle devowing, simple past and past participle devowed)

1. (obsolete) To give up; to devote.
2. (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
     Their former rage, and all to Mercy bowed;

References

“devow”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• vowed