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ime, to some act, service, or condition; a devotion of one's possessions; as, a baptismal vow; a vow of poverty. "Nothing . . . that may . . . stain my vow of Nazarite." Milton. I pray thee, let me go and pay my vow. 2 Sam. xv. 7. I am combined by a sacred vow. Shak.

One bound by the same vow as another. [R.] Shak.

resonance in the oral passage, the peculiar resonance in each case giving to each several vowel its distinctive character or quality as a sound of speech; -- distinguished from a consonant in that the latter, whether made with or without vocality, derives its character in every case from some kind of obstructive action…

Furnished with vowels. [Written also vowelled.] Dryden.

Of the nature of a vowel. [R.] "The power [of w] is always vowelish." B. Jonson.

The use of vowels. [R.]

To give the quality, sound, or office of a vowel to.

One who makes a vow. Bale.

Adultery. [Obs.] Bacon.

One who has an advowson. Cowell.

The right of presenting to a vacant benefice or living in the church. [Originally, the relation of a patron (advocatus) or protector of a benefice, and thus privileged to nominate or present to it.]

lare openly, as something believed to be right; to own or acknowledge frankly; as, a man avows his principles or his crimes. Which I to be the of Israel's God Avow, and challenge Dagon to the test. Milton.

Capable of being avowed, or openly acknowledged, with confidence. Donne.

An open declaration; frank acknowledgment; as, an avowal of such principles. Hume.

Act of avowing; avowal.

The defendant in replevin, who avows the distress of the goods, and justifies the taking. Cowell.

Openly acknowledged or declared; admitted. -- A*vow"ed*ly (, adv.

The person who has a right to present to a benefice; the patron; an advowee. See Advowson.

One who avows or asserts.

An advocate; a patron; a patron saint. [Obs.] Let God alone be our avowry. Latimer.