| 释义 |
▪ I. vower1|ˈvaʊə(r)|
[f. vow v. + -er1.]
One who makes a vow, or has taken vows.
1546Bale Eng. Votaries i. 13 He..called vnto his Apostleship, not wyueless vowers, but marryed men. 1560J. Daus tr. Sleidane's Comm. 125 As touching monasticall vowes,..it might be obteined of the byshop, that none should be taken in yong, and before the vowers were of rype yeares. 1599Sandys Europæ Spec. (1632) 136 From whom also as being too rich for vowers of poverty, he tooke away at one clap above tenne thousand Crownes rent. a1638Mede Wks. (1672) 179 This extent of the Vow is beyond the intent of the Vower. 1691tr. Emilianne's Frauds Rom. Monks (ed. 3) 407 Of all these Vowers of Chastity there are but a very few, and may be, none at all that observe it. 1848Dickens Dombey xxix, Youthful vowers of eternal constancy. 1887H. S. Bowden tr. Hettinger's Dante 306 note, The vower can only change the matter of his vow to some greater offering to God's honour.
▪ II. † ˈvower2 Obs.—1
In 5 Sc. wowar.
[Cf. vow v.2 and avoure n.1]
A guardian, patron.
c1470Henry Wallace vii. 124 Saynct Androw was, gaiff the that suerd in hand; Off sanctis he is wowar off Scotland.
▪ III. † vower3 Obs.—1
[Aphetic f. devoure devoir n.]
Devoir, duty.
a1500Chester Pl. (Shaks. Soc.) II. 145 When the[y] had done their vower [v.r. devour] A beaste shoulde come of greate power. |