| 单词 |
devow |
| 释义 |
† deˈvow, v. Obs.
[a. 16th c. F. devouer to dedicate or consecrate by a vow, f. de- I. 2, 3 + vouer to vow, after L. dēvovēre, dēvotāre: see devote.]
1. trans. To dedicate or give up by a vow.
1579J. Stubbes Gaping Gulf E iij b, A deuowed enemy to our Queene. 1600Holland Livy viii. ix. 287 Come and say afore me that forme of words, wherby I may devow and betake myselfe for the legions. 1601― Pliny xxii. v, P. Decius,..devowed and yeelded himselfe to all the divels of hell for the safety of his armie. 1609― Amm. Marcell. 226, I have devowed my selfe to the Roman Empire.
2. To devote, give up.
1621G. Sandys Ovid's Met. xv. (1626) 317 By Step-dames fraud, and fathers credulous Beliefe deuow'd to death. 1632B. Jonson Magn. Lady i. i, To the inquiry And search of which, your mathematical head Hath so devow'd itself.
3. To disavow, give up, renounce. rare.
1610G. Fletcher Christ's Vict. in Farr S. P. James I (1848) 54 There too the armies angelique devow'd Their former rage, and all to Mercy bow'd.
Hence deˈvowed ppl. a.: see in 1. |
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