Shak.
2. Specifically, a promise of fidelity; a pledge of love or affection;
as, the marriage vow.
Knights of love, who never broke their vow; Firm to their plighted
faith.
Dryden.
Vow (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Vowed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Vowing.] [OE.
vouen, OF. vouer, voer, F. vouer, LL. votare. See Vow, n.]
1. To give, consecrate, or dedicate to God, or to some deity, by a
solemn promise; to devote; to promise solemnly. "When thou vowest a vow
unto God, defer not to pay it." Eccl. v. 4.
[Men] that vow a long and weary pilgrimage.
Shak.