释义 |
unˈvowed, ppl. a. [un-1 8.] Not bound by a vow; not rendered on account of a vow.
1570Levins Manip. 51 Vnuowed, inuotiuus. a1600Hooker Eccl. Pol. vii. xxiii. §4 They had the free and un⁓vowed oblations of men. 1615G. Sandys Trav. 229 If vnuowed to another Order,..he vowes in this order. 1856Mrs. Browning Aur. Leigh vi. 57 Some equal poise of sex, some unvowed love Inviolate. 1878Masque Poets 151 She sat apart In widowed saintliness, an unvowed nun. |