Vow

Definitions: Vow

Vow

Noun

1. A solemn pledge (to oneself or to another or to a deity) to do something or to behave in a certain manner; "they took vows of poverty".

Verb

1. Make a vow; promise; "He vowed never to drink alcohol again".

2. Dedicate to a deity by a vow.

Date "vow" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references)

Domain	Definitions
Dream Interpretation	To dream that you are making or listening to vows, foretells complaint will be made against you of unfaithfulness in business, or some love contract. To take the vows of a church, denotes you will bear yourself with unswerving integrity through some difficulty. To break or ignore a vow, foretells disastrous consequences will attend your dealings. Source: Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted ....
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A vow (Lat. votum, vow, promise:see vote) is a transaction between a man and a god whereby the former undertakes in the future to render some service or gift to the god or devotes something valuable now and here to his use.

The god on his part is usually reckoned to be going to grant or to have granted already some special favour to his votary in return for the promise made or service declared. Different formalities and ceremonies may in different religions attend the taking of a vow, but in all the powers of heaven or of hell bear witness to it, with all its consequences. A vow has to be distinguished, firstly, from other and lower ways of persuading or constraining supernatural powers to give what man desires and to help him in time of need; and secondly, from the ordered ritual and regularly recurring ceremonies of religion. These two distinctions must be examined a little more at length.

It would be an abuse of language to apply the term vow to the uses of imitative magic, e.g. to the action of a barren woman among the Battas of Sumatra, who in order to become a mother makes a wooden image of a child and holds it in her lap. For in such rites no prominence is given to the idea -- even if it exists -- of a personal relation between the petitioner and the supernatural power. The latter is, so to speak, mechanically constrained to act by the spell or magical rite; the forces liberated in fulfilment, not of a petition, but of a wish are not those of a conscious will, and therefore no thanks are due from the wisher in case he is successful. The deities, however, to whom vows are made or discharged are already personal beings, capable of entering into contracts or covenants with man, of understanding the claims which his vow establishes on their benevolence, and of valuing his gratitude; conversely, in the taking of a vow the petitioner's piety and spiritual attitude have begun to outweigh those merely ritual details of the ceremony which in magical rites are all-important.

Sometimes the old magical usage survives side by side with the more developed idea of a personal power to be approached in prayer. For example, in the Maghreb (in North Africa), in time of drought the maidens of Ma.zouna carry every evening in procession through the streets a doll called ghonja, really a dressedup wooden spoon, symbolizing a pre-Islamic rain-spirit. Often one of the girls carries on her shoulders a sheep, and her companions sing the following words:

Rain, fall, and I will give you my kid.
He has a 'black head', he neither bleats
Nor complains; he says not, 'I am cold.'
Rain, who filiest the skins,
Wet our raiment.
Rain, who feedest the rivers,
Overturn the doors of our houses.

Here we have a sympathetic rain charm, combined with a prayer to the rain viewed as a personal goddess and with a promise or vow to give her the animal. The point of the promise lies of course in the fact that water is in that country stored and carried in sheep-skins.¹

Secondly, the vow is quite apart from established cults, and is not provided for in the religious calendar. The Roman vow (votum), as W. W. Fowler observes in his work The Roman Festivals (London, 1899), p. 346, 'was the exception, not the rule; it was a promise made by an individual at some critical moment, not the ordered and recurring ritual of the family or the State.' The vow, however, contained so large an element of ordinary prayer that in the Greek language one and the same word (ebxi~) expressed both. The characteristic mark of the vow, as Suidas in his lexicon and the Greek Church fathers remark, was that it was a promise either of things to be offered to God in the future and at once consecrated to Him in view of their being so offered, or of austerities to be undergone. For offering and austerity, sacrifice and suffering, are equally calculated to appease an offended deity's wrath or win his goodwill.

The Bible affords many examples of vows. Thus in Judges 11. Jephthah 'vowed a vow unto the Lord, and said, If thou wilt indeed deliver the children of Ammon into my hand, then it shall be that whosoever cometh forth out of the doors of my house' to meet me, when I return in peace from the children. of Ammon, it shall be the Lord's, and I will offer it up for a burnt-offering.' In the sequel it is his own daughter who so meets him, and he sacrifices her after a respite of two months granted her in order to 'bewail her virginity upon the mountains.' A thing or person thus vowed to the deity became holy or taboo; and for it, as the above story indicates, nothing could be substituted. It belonged to once to the sanctuary or to the priests who represented the god. In the Jewish religion, the latter, under certain conditions, defined in Leviticus 27, could permit it to be redeemed. But to substitute an unclean for a clean beast which had been vowed, or an imperfect victim for a flawless one, was to court with certainty the divine displeasure.

It is often difficult to distinguish a vow from an oath. Thas in Acts 23:21, over forty Jews, enemies of Paul, bound themselves, under a curse, neither to eat nor to drink till they had slain him. In the Christian Fathers we hear of vows to abstain from flesh diet and wine. But of the abstentions observed by votaries, those which had relation to the barbel's art were the commonest. Wherever individuals were concerned to create or confirm a tie connecting them with a god, a shrine or a particular religious circle, a hair-offering was in some form or other imperative. They began by polling their locks at the shrine and left them as a soul-token in charge of the god, and never polled them afresh until the vow was fulfilled. So Achilles consecrated his hair to the river Spercheus and vowed not to cut it till he should return safe from Troy; and the Hebrew Nazarite, whose strength resided in his flowing locks, only cut them off and burned them on the altar when the days of his vow were ended, and he could return to ordinary life, having achieved his mission. So in Acts 18:18 Paul had shorn his head in Cenchreae, for he had a vow.' In Acts 21:23 we hear of four Jews who, having a vow on them, had their heads shaved at Paul's expense. Among the ancient Chatti, as Tacitus relates (Germania, 3 I), young men allowed their hair and beards to grow, and vowed to court danger in that guise.

Footnote 1:
Professor A. Eel in paper Quelq ise rites pour obtenir la pluic, in xiv Congrès des Orientalistes (Alger, 1905).

Text from 1911 EB.

The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted.
Entry	Source	Expression	Field
VOW	English	Video on wheels	N/A
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Synonym: Vow

Synonym: consecrate (v). (additional references)

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Affirmation	Depose, depone, aver, avow, avouch, asseverate, swear; make oath, take one's oath; make an affidavit, swear an affidavit, put in an affidavit; take one's Bible oath, kiss the book, vow, vitam impendere vero; swear till one is black in the face, swear till one is blue in the face, swear till all's blue; be sworn, call Heaven to witness; vouch, warrant, certify, assure, swear by bell book and candle.
Promise	Verb: promise; give a promise; Noun: undertake, engage; make an engagement, form an engagement; enter into an engagement, enter on an engagement; bind oneself, tie oneself, pledge oneself, commit oneself, take upon oneself; vow; swear; (affirm), give one's word, pass one's word, pledge one's word, plight one's word, give one's honor, pass one's honor, pledge one's honor, plight one's honor, give credit, pass credit, pledge credit, plight credit, give troth, pass troth, pledge troth, plight troth; betroth, plight faith.
	Noun: promise, undertaking, word, troth, plight, pledge, parole, word of honor, vow; oath; (affirmation); profession, assurance, warranty, guarantee, insurance, obligation; contract; stipulation.
Worship	Propitiate, offer sacrifice, fast, deny oneself; vow, offer vows, give alms.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Crosswords: Vow

English words defined with "vow": Bedswerver, Behight ♦ celibate, Cistercian, consecrate, Corban ♦ Devotement ♦ Ex-voto ♦ fast, Fathers of the Oratory, firm ♦ loyal ♦ Nazarite, Nazaritism ♦ profess ♦ School of design ♦ The professed, Third order, To promise one's self, To swear off, Trappist, truehearted ♦ Votist, votive, Votive offering, Vowed, Vow-fellow, Vowing. (references)

Specialty definitions using "vow": Cressida ♦ Dowsabell ♦ Idomeneus, Imogine, Iphigeni'a, Isabelle ♦ Quotation ♦ Slubber-Degullion ♦ Vow. (references)

Etymologies containing "vow": Devotement ♦ Votist, Votive, Vow-fellow. (references)

Non-English Usage: "Vow" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses.

Manx (shall get?).

Domain	Usage
Screenplays	Peter! I swear to you wherever you go, wherever you are, I vow there will always be daggers buried in notes signed James Hook. (Hook; writing credit: J.M. Barrie;) The exchange of thy love's faithful vow for mine. (Romeo + Juliet; writing credit: Craig Pearce) But my father has never kept a vow in his life! (Flash Gordon; writing credit: Michael Allin; Alex Raymond) Now by yond marble heaven, in the due reverence of a sacred vow, I here engage my words. (Othello; writing credit: William Shakespeare; Oliver Parker)
Lyrics	A Vow To Just (In the Closet; performing artist: Michael Jackson; writing credit: Michael Jackson and Teddy Riley) We will vow to be together till we die (So Much In Love; performing artist: All-4-One) Whose heart is achin' for breakin' each vow ("Who's Sorry Now"; performing artist: Connie Francis) And she said no huggin no kissin until I get a wedding vow (Keep Your Hands To Yourself; performing artist: Georgia Satellites) But I made a vow to the moon and stars (A Boy Named Sue; performing artist: Johnny Cash)
Clever	The best revenge is a vow to never be like the one who hurt you. (references; author: unknown)
Movie/TV Titles	Her Marriage Vow (1924) The Vow of Vengeance (1923) Ononko's Vow (1910) The Vaquero's Vow (1908) A Vow to Kill (1995)
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Domain	Title
Books	A Knight's Vow (reference) A Vow Of Compassion (reference) Bride Of Frankenstein : Vow Of Vengence (reference) The Breakable Vow (reference) The Vow (reference) (more book examples)

Theater & Movies	The New Adventures of Kimba The White Lion - Vow of Peace (reference) The Rise & Fall of the Mafia - Vow of Silence (reference) Vow to Kill (reference) (more DVD examples; more video examples)
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Thumbnail	Description & Credit	Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	The sun vow.Credit: Library of Congress.		We vow to avenge Attica.Credit: Library of Congress.
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Author	Quotation
Richard Brinsley Sheridan	Those that vow the most are the least sincere.
Samuel Johnson	A vow is a snare for sin.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Title	Author	Quote
King Richard III	Shakespeare, William	A pleasing cordial, princely Buckingham, Is this thy vow unto my sickly heart.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Subject	Topic	Quote
Lexicography	Devil's Dictionary	QUOTATION, n. The act of repeating erroneously the words of another. The words erroneously repeated. Intent on making his quotation truer, He sought the page infallible of Brewer, Then made a solemn vow that we would be Condemned eternally. Ah, me, ah, me! Stumpo Gaker
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Speaker	Term	Phrase(s)
George Bush	1989-1993	When America says something, America means it, whether a treaty or an agreement or a vow made on marble steps.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

"Vow" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 76.17% of the time. "Vow" is used about 214 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (singular)	76.17%	163	24,498
Lexical Verb (base form)	17.76%	38	55,818
Lexical Verb (infinitive)	6.07%	13	97,576
Total	100.00%	214	N/A

The following table summarizes names derived from the word "vow".
Name	Gender	Language	Meaning
Nedabiah	N/A	Biblical	Prince or vow of the Lord
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "vow": be under a vow ♦ be under vow ♦ break a vow ♦ break vow ♦ bridal vow ♦ forbid by vow ♦ Jephthah's vow ♦ lover's vow ♦ make a vow ♦ make a vow to do smth. ♦ marriage vow ♦ take a vow ♦ the renewal of a vow ♦ vow not to do it again ♦ vow to ♦ vow vengeance on smb.. Additional references.
Hyphenated Usage
	Beginning with "vow": Vow-fellow.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Language		Translations for "vow"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		zotohem (bind smb., pledge, promise), zotim (assurance, commitment, engagement, obligation, pledge), përbetim (Davy, oath, oath taking), jap fjalë (give one's word, plight one's troth, promise), betohem (swear), betim (attestation, faith, oath, sacrament, swear), bëj be (swear), angazhim (commitment, engagement, obligation, recognizance, recruitment). (various references)

Arabic		‏نذر, ‏أنذر (bode, croak, devote oneself, forebode, forecast, foretoken, give smb. notice, harbor, harbour, notify, portend, warn, warn against), ‏أخذ على نفسه عهدا (plight). (various references)

Bulgarian		тържествено обещание (parole, plight), клетва (adjuration, curse, damnation, imprecation, oath, sacrament), оброк (oath, votive offering), обричам (affiance, doom), обещавам тържествено, обет (pledge, plight, profession), заричам се, заклевам се (swear), посвещавам (consecrate, dedicate, devote, give, initiate, inscribe), давам оброк, давам обет (pledge). (various references)

Chinese		�"愿 (Vows), �" (oath, to pledge, to swear). (various references)

Czech		přislíbit, příslib (promise), přísahat (swear, take an oath), přísaha (adjuration, oath). (various references)

Dutch		plechtig beloven. (various references)

Esperanto		voto, voti. (various references)

Farsi		پیمان (Accord, Act, Agreement, Avow, Compact, Compaction, Concord, Contract, Covenant, Faith, Hand, League, Oath, Pact, Promise, Testament, Treaty, Troth), نذر (Avow, Bet), قول (Avow, Promise, Word), عهدکردن (Engage), عهد (Avow, Clause, Covenant, Era, Pact, Promise, Testament, Time, Word), شرط (Article, Avow, Clause, Condition, Limitation, Provision, Proviso, Qualification, Reservation, Stake). (various references)

Finnish		vannoa pyhästi (take a solemn oath), vala (oath), lupaus (promise). (various references)

French		v�"u. (various references)

German		Schwur (covenant, oath), geloben (promise, swear), Gelübde (pledge). (various references)

Greek		τάζω (promise). (various references)

Hebrew		ל� �"ור (take a vow), שבוע�" (curse, oath, swearing, testament), קרבן (gift, offering, sacrifice, victim), � �"ר (oath). (various references)

Hungarian		fogadalom (oath, pledge, resolution), eskü (oath, to attest, to depose). (various references)

Indonesian		nazar, janji (appointment, commitment, promise). (various references)

Italian		voto (ballot, desire, grade, mark, suffrage, vote, voting, wish), promettere solennemente, promessa (affirmation, assent, assurance, pledge, promise), giurare (adjure, attest, swear), fare voto di, consacrare (anoint, bless, consecrate, devote, hallow, sanctify). (various references)

Japanese Kanji		�"詞 (oath, pledge), �"い (oath), 起請 , 願 (prayer, wish), 祈�" (oath, pledge), 契り (destiny, pledge, promise, share bed and board), 信約 (promise). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		が�" (ago, all, before, cancer, complete, entire, former, good, goodness, meal, niche or alcove for an image, one-time, overall, pan, prayer, previous, right, table, the above, tray, virtue, whole, wish, Zen), きしょう (badge, beauty spot, climate, damage, disposition, emblem, getting out of bed, happy laughter, injury, insignia, medal, memorizing, rare, rising, scarce, temperament, unexpected victory, victory by uncommon stratagem, weather), きせい (ardour, completed, correction, death, entreaty, established, existing, fervour, great master of go, homecoming, oath, parasite, parasitism, pledge, prayer, rare, ready-made, realization of an objective, regulation, returning home, spirit, strange voice, uncommon, vigour), し�"やく (a new medicine, New Testament, new translation, promise), せいし (authentic history, check, chief delegate, control, family name, filature, full name, heir, history, imperial command, inhibition, life and death, looking straight ahead, meditation, oath, paper making or manufacturing, pledge, repose, restraint, senior envoy, silk reeling, sperm, spinning, standing still, stillness, successor, viewing sincerely, written oath), ちぎり (destiny, pledge, promise, share bed and board), ちかい (basement, block, boundary, bounds of the earth, cellar, close by, landmass, near, oath, short). (various references)

Korean		맹세 (swearing, Vows). (various references)

Manx		gialtaghey (pledging, vowing). (various references)

Pig Latin		owvay

Portuguese		voto (suffrage, voice, vote), promessa (affiance, engagement, hope, promise, word). (various references)

Romanian		jurãmânt (adjuration, asseveration, oath, sacrament), jura (swear, take a vow, take an oath, take one's davy), fãgãduialã (promise), fãgãdui (promise). (various references)

Russian		клясться (asseverate, swear, swear by, swore, sworn), клятва (adjuration, oath), обет (pledge, sacrament), зарок (oath, pledge). (various references)

Scottish		mionnaich (use imprecations), bóid (oath). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		zavetovati se (promise, take an oath), zavet (oath, pledge, promise, testament), zakletva (oath), zakleti se (swear, take an oath), obećati (answer for, make a promise, promise). (various references)

Spanish		voto (suffrage, vote). (various references)

Swedish		högtidligt löfte. (various references)

Turkish		adak (oblation, offer, offering, threat). (various references)

Turkmen		юert (condition), kasam iзmek (take an oath), дht (pledge, promise). (various references)

Ukranian		клястися (vum), обітниця (pledge, profession), мрія (ambition, dream, fancy, reverie), благання (adjuration, conjuration, entreaty, obsecration, obtestation, oration, petition, supplication), присвячувати (addict, bestow, consecrate, dedicate, devote, inscribe). (various references)

Vietnamese		lời thề (adjuration), lời nguyền (sacrament). (various references)

Welsh		ymdynghedu, tyngu (adjure, asseverate, swear), diofrydig (ban, devote, taboo), diofryd (ban, taboo), addunedu, adduned. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Language	Period	Translations
Latin	500 BCE-Modern	devorant, devorat, devoratis, devota, devoverat, devoverunt, devovimus, vota, voti, votis, voto, votum, vovebant, vovebunt, vovens, voveo, voveo vovi votum, voveo, vovi, votum, voverant, voverat, vovere, voverint, voveris, voverit, voverunt, vovete, vovi, vovimus, vovisti, vovistis, vovit. (various references)
Avestan	200-600	urvaitya. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Language	Date	Source	Acts Chapter 21, Verse 23
Greek (transliterated)	250 BC	Septuagint	Touto oun poihson o soi legomen eisin hmin andreV tessareV euchn econteV ef eautwn
Latin	405	Vulgate	Hoc ergo fac quod tibi dicimus sunt nobis viri quattuor votum habentes super se
Middle English	1395	Wyclif	Therfor do thou this thing, that we seien to thee. Ther ben to vs foure men, that han a vow on hem.
Renaissance English	1526	Tyndale	Do therfore this that we saye to the. We have .iiii. men which have a vowe on them.
Jacobean English	1611	King James	Do therefore this that we say to thee: We have four men which have a vow on them;
Victorian English	1833	Webster	Do therefore this that we say to thee: we have four men who have a vow on them;
Basic English	1964	Ogden	Do this, then, which we say to you: We have four men who have taken an oath;
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Language	Acts Chapter 21, Verse 23
Albanian	Bëje, pra, atë që të themi: ne kemi katër burra, që kanë bërë një premtim solemn;
Cebuano	Busa, buhata kining among igaingon kanimo. Aduna kami dinhiy upat ka tawo nga may panaad.
Chinese	� 就照著我們的話行罷、我們這裡有四個人、都有願在身．
Croatian	Uèini stoga što ti kažemo. U nas su èetiri èovjeka koji imaju zavjet.
Danish	Gør derfor dette, som vi sige dig: Vi have her fire Mænd, som have et Løfte på sig.
Dutch	Doe dan hetgeen wij u zeggen: Wij hebben vier mannen, die een gelofte gedaan hebben.
Finnish	Tee siis tämä, minkä me nyt sinulle sanomme. Meillä on täällä neljä miestä, joilla on lupaus täytettävänä.
French	C`est pourquoi fais ce que nous allons te dire. Il y a parmi nous quatre hommes qui ont fait un voeu;
German	So tue nun dies, was wir dir sagen.
Haitian Creole	Ou pral fè sa nou pral di ou la a: Gen kat moun ki te fè yon ve.
Hungarian	Ezt míveld azért, a mit néked mondunk: Van mi köztünk négy férfiú, kik fogadalmat vettek magokra;
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari	Sebaiknya turutlah nasihat kami. Ada empat orang di sini yang sudah membuat janji kepada Tuhan.
Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama	Oleh sebab itu perbuatlah ini yang kami ikhtiarkan kepadamu. Pada kami ada empat orang yang bernazar;
Italian	F� dunque quanto ti diciamo: vi sono fra noi quattro uomini che hanno un voto da sciogliere.
Latvian	Tâpçc dari to, ko mçs tev sakâm. Mums ir èetri vîri, kas devuði solîjumus.
Maori	Na, me mea e koe tenei e korerotia nei e matou ki a koe: Tokowha o matou tangata, he kupu taurangi ta ratou;
Norwegian	Gjør nu derfor som vi sier til dig! Vi har her fire menn som har et løfte på sig;
Portuguese	Faze, pois, o que te vamos dizer: Temos quatro homens que fizeram voto;
Rumanian	Deci, fq ce-yi vom spune noi. Avem aici patru bqrbayi, cari au fqcut o juruinyq.
Russian	у�"ЕМБК ЦЕ, ЮФП НЩ УЛБЦЕН ФЕ�'Е: ЕУФШ Х ОБУ ЮЕФЩТЕ ЮЕМПЧЕЛБ, ЙНЕАЭЙЕ ОБ УЕ�'Е П�'ЕФ.
Shuar	Wats, antsu nuinkia, ju Túrata yatsuru. Jui kuatru aishman Yúsan yaunchu tiarmia nuna umiktasa pujuiniawai.
Spanish	Por tanto, haz esto que te decimos. Entre nosotros hay cuatro hombres que han hecho votos.
Swahili	Basi, fanya kama tunavyokushauri. Tunao hapa watu wanne ambao wameweka nadhiri.
Uma	Agina nutuku' paresa' -kai toi ompi', bona monoto-mi ka'uma-na-hawo makono lolita petuntui' toe: Ria-ra hi rehe'i opo' doo-kai to oti-mi mpobabehi janci hi Alata'ala hante mosumpa.
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Derivations
	Words beginning with "vow": vowed, vowel, vowelize, vowelized, vowelizes, vowelizing, vowels, vower, vowers, vowing, vowless, vows. (additional references)
	Words ending with "vow": avow, disavow, reavow. (additional references)
	Words containing "vow": advowson, advowsons, avowable, avowably, avowal, avowals, avowed, avowedly, avower, avowers, avowing, avows, disavowable, disavowal, disavowals, disavowed, disavowing, disavows, reavowed, reavowing, reavows, semivowel, semivowels, unavowed. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Vow" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: evow, ivow, ov, ovd, vaq, vaw, vawe, vdw, veaw, venw, veow, veq, vew, vewl, vfw, viq, viw, vo, voa, vob, vod, vof, vog, voh, voi, vok, vol, vom, voo, vood, voom, voos, Voov, vop, voq, vor, vos, vot, vou, vov, vowe, vowl, vowm, vown, vowo, vowt, voy, voz, vrow, vup, vw. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "vow" (pronounced vou")
2	v ou"	avow, disavow.
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "o-v-w"
	-1 letter: ow, wo.
	Words containing the letters "o-v-w"
	+1 letter: avow, vows, vrow, wove.
	+2 letters: avows, vowed, vowel, vower, vrouw, vrows, woven.
	+3 letters: avowal, avowed, avower, inwove, reavow, rewove, unwove, vowels, vowers, vowing, vrouws, wolver, wolves, wovens.
	+4 letters: avowals, avowers, avowing, disavow, however, inwoven, overawe, overnew, oversaw, oversew, overwet, reavows, rewoven, unwoven, vowless, waveoff, whoever, wolvers.
	+5 letters: advowson, avowable, avowably, avowedly, disavows, lowlives, nonwoven, oldwives, ovenware, overawed, overawes, overblew, overblow, overdraw, overdrew, overflew, overflow, overgrew, overgrow, overlewd, oversewn, oversews, overslow, overview, overwarm, overwary, overweak, overwear, overween, overwets, overwide, overwily, overwind, overwise, overword, overwore, overwork, overworn, reavowed, twelvemo, unavowed, vowelize, walkover, waveform, waveoffs, whomever, whosever, wingover.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro.

Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

56 6F 77

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

⁼

Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

...- --- .--.

Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01010110 01101111 01110111

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#86 &#111 &#119

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0056 006F 0077

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

Expression	Frequency per Day	Expression	Frequency per Day
wedding vow	3,975	renew vow	27
marriage vow	416	broken ringtone vow	27
free wedding vow	200	writing your own wedding vow	25
broken vow	194	broken mp3 vow	25
vow	184	catholic wedding vow	24
traditional wedding vow	145	country i thee vow	24
sample wedding vow	125	irish wedding vow	23
renewal of wedding vow	100	vow renewal ceremony	22
renewing wedding vow	98	broken by fabian lara vow	22
vow renewal	76	celtic wedding vow	20
wedding ceremony vow	71	wedding poem vow	20
christian wedding vow	60	funny wedding vow	20
renewing your vow	59	ring vow	20
broken lyrics vow	59	broken fabian lara lyrics vow	19
renew wedding vow	52	marriage wedding vow	18
writing wedding vow	46	renewal of marriage vow	18
child vow wedding	40	wedding ring vow	17
broken fabian lara vow	36	free sample vow wedding	17
wedding vow example	35	personal wedding vow	17
personalized wedding vow	31	traditional marriage vow	16
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Vow

Definitions: Vow

Vow

Noun

Verb

Specialty Definitions: Vow

Specialty Definition: Vow

Abbreviations & Acronyms: Vow

VOW

Synonym: Vow

Synonyms within Context: Vow

Affirmation

Promise

Worship

Crosswords: Vow

Modern Usage: Vow

Screenplays

Lyrics

Clever

Movie/TV Titles

Commercial Usage: Vow

Books

Theater & Movies

Image Slideshow: Vow

Illustrations:Vow

Computer Images:Vow

Photo Album: Vow

Familiar Quotations: Vow

Richard Brinsley Sheridan

Samuel Johnson

Use in Literature: Vow

King Richard III

Shakespeare, William

Non-Fiction Usage: Vow

Lexicography

Devil's Dictionary

Speeches: Vow

George Bush

Usage Frequency: Vow

Derived & Related Names: Vow

Expressions: Vow

Frequency of Internet Keywords: Vow

Modern Translations: Vow

Albanian

Arabic

Bulgarian

Chinese

Czech

Dutch

Esperanto

Farsi

Finnish

French

German

Greek

Hebrew

Hungarian

Indonesian

Italian

Japanese Kanji

Japanese Katakana

Korean

Manx

Pig Latin

Portuguese

Romanian

Russian

Scottish

Serbo-Croatian

Spanish

Swedish

Turkish

Turkmen

Ukranian

Vietnamese

Welsh

Ancestral Language Translations: Vow

Bible Trace: Vow

Matched Bible Translations: Vow

Derivations & Misspellings: Vow

Illustrations:
Vow

Computer Images:
Vow