unvowedadj.
Not bound by a vow; not rendered on account of a vow.
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the mind > will > free will > [adjective] > not proceeding from a vow
unvowed1570
1570 P. Levens Manipulus Vocabulorum sig. Divv/1 Vnuowed, inuotiuus.
a1600 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie vii. xxiii, in Wks. (1662) 62 They had the..free, and unvowed oblations of men.
1615 G. Sandys Relation of Journey 229 If vnuowed to another Order,..he vowes in this order.
1856 E. B. Browning Aurora Leigh vi. 231 Some equal poise of sex, some unvowed love Inviolate.
1878 in G. P. Lathrop Masque of Poets 151 She sat apart In widowed saintliness, an unvowed nun.
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adj.1570- to lump something into orin with
- to lump together
- to lump together in or into, occasionally under
- to lump together occasionally up
- to lush it
- to maiden it
- to mail it in
- to maintain one's ground
- to maintain one's own
- to maintain the field
- to make a
- to make a baby
- to make a bad job of
- to make a bad landfall
- to make a balk
- to make a balk of good ground
- to make a balls of
- to make a bauchle of
- to make a baulk
- to make a bed
- to make a beeline
- to make a better door than a window
- to make a bid for
- to make a big etc show of
- to make a big great show of