vowedadj.

Brit.

/vaʊd/, U.S.

/vaʊd/

Etymology: < vow v.¹ + -ed suffix¹.

1. Of persons:

†a. Bound by religious vows. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > worship > vow > [adjective] > bound by a vow

religiousa1225

vowed1532

votary1553

votal1606

1532 T. More Confut. Tyndale in Wks. 654/2 A man professynge once vowed chastitie, was for all that at hys lawefull lybertie to wedde a vowed professed nunne.

1565 T. Stapleton tr. Bede Hist. Church Eng. iv. xxiii. f. 140^v One of those vowed virgins to God..had her departing shewed vnto her the same night in a vision.

1581 W. Allen Apol. Two Eng. Colleges f. 60 Incestuous mariages of vowed persons, spoile of Churches.

1631 J. Weever Anc. Funerall Monuments 154 One Isola Heton widow..made sute to King Henry the sixth, that shee might be an Anchoresse, or vowed recluse.

a1708 T. Ward England's Reformation (1710) iii. 55 How Durst you seise Church-Lands, Rob Priests and Poor, And turne the Vow'd Religious out of Door?

absolute.1565 T. Harding Confut. Apol. Church of Eng. ii. viii. f. 73^v The vowed be forbidden mariage by expresse word of God.

b. Devoted to some service or cause.

ΘΚΠ

society > morality > duty or obligation > recognition of duty > faithfulness or trustworthiness > fidelity or loyalty > [adjective]

holdc893

trueOE

leala1300

truefula1350

faithfula1375

true-hearted1465

liege1478

well-wishing1548

allegiant1556

vowed1560

lewtifull1563

whole-chested1576

devotious1583

devote1597

loyal-hearted1599

devoted1600

resolved1600

real1639

fidelious1650

liegeful1872

1560 J. Daus tr. J. Sleidane Commentaries f. cccviij Neither hath there chaunced as yet any suche controuersie in the Counsell, that I neded any suche addicted and vowed men.

1589 R. Greene Menaphon sig. K Seeing thou hast made a rape of faire Samela, one of her vowed Shepheards is come..to challenge thee to single combat.

1655 Ld. Norwich Let. 30 Nov. in E. Nicholas Papers (1897) III. 227 Your Ma^ties all vowed and most obedient subiect and seruant.

1825 W. Scott Talisman i, in Tales Crusaders III. 11 The crusader..as a vowed champion of the Cross..might rather have preferred the latter.

1836 J. H. Newman et al. Lyra Apost. 99 The champions vow'd of Truth and Purity.

†c. United by vows; betrothed or wedded. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > betrothal and/or marriage > [adjective]

spousedc1300

sure1470

espoused1548

vowed1577

1577 J. Grange Golden Aphroditis sig. Liij^v I craue it not for my selfe but for my vowed wyfe.

1665 T. Manley tr. H. Grotius De Rebus Belgicis 553 He was absolutely taken with one Gabrielis Estræa, a Noble Woman, but led aside from the Embraces of her vowed Husband.

d. Confirmed (in hostility) by a vow or solemn resolve.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > hatred > hostility > state of bitter and lasting mutual hostility > [adjective] > confirmed in hostility by a solemn promise

vowed1583

1583 B. Melbancke Philotimus (new ed.) sig. Tiv Thy vowed enemie Aurelia.

1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene i. xii. sig. M^v The troubler of my happy peace, And vowed foe of my felicity.

1633 T. Stafford Pacata Hibernia i. xix. 114 Hee was a vowed enemy to the English Government.

1810 W. Scott Lady of Lake v. 197 Whence the bold boast by which you show Vich-Alpine's vowed and mortal foe?

†e. transferred. Pertaining to a devotee. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > aspects of faith > spirituality > rapture > [adjective]

frenetic?c1550

seraphical1581

frenetical1588

ecstatical1600

zealot1641

ecstatic1645

rapturous1656

vowed1665

seraphica1668

synagoguish1690

frantic?1715

solid1740

ecstasied1787

religionistic1842

1665 T. Manley tr. H. Grotius De Rebus Belgicis 49 Others, after the old manner of Mourning, in a vowed Habit, promise and swear, Never to cut their Hair, untill they had revenged the Blood of those Noble-men.

a. Undertaken or performed in consequence of, or under the sanction of, a vow.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > speech > agreement > promise > [adjective] > promised or vowed > undertaken in consequence of a vow

vowed1532

votive1608

1532 [see sense 1a].

1561 T. Norton tr. J. Calvin Inst. Christian Relig. i. f. 25 Why do they wery themselues with vowed pilgrimages to visit those images wherof they haue like at home.

a1631 J. Donne Serm. (1954) VII. 282 Nothing that countenances a vowed virginity, to the dishonour or undervaluing of marriage.

1712 P. Leigh Life S. Wenefride sig. A6^v S. Wenefride offer'd herself a Sacrifice, to preserve her Vow'd Virginity.

1720 R. Welton tr. T. Alvares de Andrade Sufferings Son of God I. xi. 280 That the Religious might not over-value themselves on Account of their Vowed Poverty.

1819 P. B. Shelley Rosalind & Helen 20 That mother Whom to outlive, and cheer, and make My wan eyes glitter for her sake, Was my vowed task.

†b. Solemnly consecrated or dedicated. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > aspects of faith > holiness > [adjective]

hallowedc900

holyc1000

blessedc1200

blissfula1225

seelya1225

yblessed1297

sacred13..

saint1377

devoutc1380

divinec1380

consecratec1386

dedicatec1386

benedighta1400

happyc1405

sillya1450

sacrate?a1475

sanctificatec1485

sacrificed?1504

sacrea1535

religious1549

vowed1585

anointed1595

devote1597

devoted1597

consecrated1599

sacrosanct1601

sanctimonious1604

sanctified1607

dedicated1609

divined1624

sacrosanctious1629

reverend1631

celebrate1632

divinified1633

sacrosanctified1693

sanctimonial1721

sacramental1851

divinized1852

sacral1882

sanct1890

sanctifiable1894

sacramented1914

hierophanic1927

kramat1947

sacralized1979

1585 C. Fetherston tr. J. Calvin Comm. Actes Apostles xxiii. 16 Paul shoulde come out on the morrowe to be slaine, as a vowed sacrifice.

1591 E. Spenser Virgil's Gnat in Complaints sig. K3^v Curtius..stifly bent his vowed life to spill.

c1630 J. Milton tr. Horace 5th Ode 13 Me in my vow'd Picture the sacred wall declares t'have hung My dank and dropping weeds To the stern God of Sea.

1691 A. Gavin Frauds Romish Monks (ed. 3) 181 These Vow'd Pictures we generally find in all the Churches of Italy.

c. Confirmed by a vow or vows; solemnly promised or guaranteed.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > speech > agreement > promise > [adjective] > promised or vowed

behotenc1200

hotena1325

plightedc1325

fasted1440

promised1449

pledged1552

faithed1556

behighted1571

voted1586

vowed1590

sacramental1665

avowed1720

sworn1819

arrhal1873

1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene ii. iv. sig. P8 Our selues in league of vowed loue wee knitt.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Measure for Measure (1623) v. i. 205 This is the hand, which with a vowd contract Was fast belockt in thine.

1625 K. Long tr. J. Barclay Argenis ii. xv. 111 She would not suffer the memory of their vowed loue to be blotted out with absence.

1655 Ld. Norwich in E. Nicholas Nicholas Papers (1892) II. 259 I may without danger now present my humblest and all vowed duty to you.

1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Æneis ix, in tr. Virgil Wks. 475 No Fate my vow'd Affection shall divide From thee, Heroick Youth.

1704 J. Trapp Abra-Mule v. i. 2544 Nor Fate, nor you, can my vow'd Faith control.

d. Solemnly sworn or threatened.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > speech > agreement > promise > [adjective] > promised or vowed > sworn or threatened

vowed1590

1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene ii. vi. sig. R2^v Of his way he had no souenaunce, Nor care of vow'd reuenge, and cruell fight.

1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Æneis v, in tr. Virgil Wks. 359 I sought with joy The vow'd destruction of ungrateful Troy.

1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Æneis xii, in tr. Virgil Wks. 618 If thy vow'd Revenge pursue my Death.

1808 W. Scott Marmion i. xxiii. 45 The vowed revenge of Bughtrig rude, May end in worse than loss of hood.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1920; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	vowed
释义	vowedadj. Brit. /vaʊd/, U.S. /vaʊd/ Etymology: < vow v.¹ + -ed suffix¹. 1. Of persons: †a. Bound by religious vows. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > vow > [adjective] > bound by a vow religiousa1225 vowed1532 votary1553 votal1606 1532 T. More Confut. Tyndale in Wks. 654/2 A man professynge once vowed chastitie, was for all that at hys lawefull lybertie to wedde a vowed professed nunne. 1565 T. Stapleton tr. Bede Hist. Church Eng. iv. xxiii. f. 140^v One of those vowed virgins to God..had her departing shewed vnto her the same night in a vision. 1581 W. Allen Apol. Two Eng. Colleges f. 60 Incestuous mariages of vowed persons, spoile of Churches. 1631 J. Weever Anc. Funerall Monuments 154 One Isola Heton widow..made sute to King Henry the sixth, that shee might be an Anchoresse, or vowed recluse. a1708 T. Ward England's Reformation (1710) iii. 55 How Durst you seise Church-Lands, Rob Priests and Poor, And turne the Vow'd Religious out of Door? absolute.1565 T. Harding Confut. Apol. Church of Eng. ii. viii. f. 73^v The vowed be forbidden mariage by expresse word of God. b. Devoted to some service or cause. ΘΚΠ society > morality > duty or obligation > recognition of duty > faithfulness or trustworthiness > fidelity or loyalty > [adjective] holdc893 trueOE leala1300 truefula1350 faithfula1375 true-hearted1465 liege1478 well-wishing1548 allegiant1556 vowed1560 lewtifull1563 whole-chested1576 devotious1583 devote1597 loyal-hearted1599 devoted1600 resolved1600 real1639 fidelious1650 liegeful1872 1560 J. Daus tr. J. Sleidane Commentaries f. cccviij Neither hath there chaunced as yet any suche controuersie in the Counsell, that I neded any suche addicted and vowed men. 1589 R. Greene Menaphon sig. K Seeing thou hast made a rape of faire Samela, one of her vowed Shepheards is come..to challenge thee to single combat. 1655 Ld. Norwich Let. 30 Nov. in E. Nicholas Papers (1897) III. 227 Your Ma^ties all vowed and most obedient subiect and seruant. 1825 W. Scott Talisman i, in Tales Crusaders III. 11 The crusader..as a vowed champion of the Cross..might rather have preferred the latter. 1836 J. H. Newman et al. Lyra Apost. 99 The champions vow'd of Truth and Purity. †c. United by vows; betrothed or wedded. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > betrothal and/or marriage > [adjective] spousedc1300 sure1470 espoused1548 vowed1577 1577 J. Grange Golden Aphroditis sig. Liij^v I craue it not for my selfe but for my vowed wyfe. 1665 T. Manley tr. H. Grotius De Rebus Belgicis 553 He was absolutely taken with one Gabrielis Estræa, a Noble Woman, but led aside from the Embraces of her vowed Husband. d. Confirmed (in hostility) by a vow or solemn resolve. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > hatred > hostility > state of bitter and lasting mutual hostility > [adjective] > confirmed in hostility by a solemn promise vowed1583 1583 B. Melbancke Philotimus (new ed.) sig. Tiv Thy vowed enemie Aurelia. 1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene i. xii. sig. M^v The troubler of my happy peace, And vowed foe of my felicity. 1633 T. Stafford Pacata Hibernia i. xix. 114 Hee was a vowed enemy to the English Government. 1810 W. Scott Lady of Lake v. 197 Whence the bold boast by which you show Vich-Alpine's vowed and mortal foe? †e. transferred. Pertaining to a devotee. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ society > faith > aspects of faith > spirituality > rapture > [adjective] frenetic?c1550 seraphical1581 frenetical1588 ecstatical1600 zealot1641 ecstatic1645 rapturous1656 vowed1665 seraphica1668 synagoguish1690 frantic?1715 solid1740 ecstasied1787 religionistic1842 1665 T. Manley tr. H. Grotius De Rebus Belgicis 49 Others, after the old manner of Mourning, in a vowed Habit, promise and swear, Never to cut their Hair, untill they had revenged the Blood of those Noble-men. 2. a. Undertaken or performed in consequence of, or under the sanction of, a vow. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > agreement > promise > [adjective] > promised or vowed > undertaken in consequence of a vow vowed1532 votive1608 1532 [see sense 1a]. 1561 T. Norton tr. J. Calvin Inst. Christian Relig. i. f. 25 Why do they wery themselues with vowed pilgrimages to visit those images wherof they haue like at home. a1631 J. Donne Serm. (1954) VII. 282 Nothing that countenances a vowed virginity, to the dishonour or undervaluing of marriage. 1712 P. Leigh Life S. Wenefride sig. A6^v S. Wenefride offer'd herself a Sacrifice, to preserve her Vow'd Virginity. 1720 R. Welton tr. T. Alvares de Andrade Sufferings Son of God I. xi. 280 That the Religious might not over-value themselves on Account of their Vowed Poverty. 1819 P. B. Shelley Rosalind & Helen 20 That mother Whom to outlive, and cheer, and make My wan eyes glitter for her sake, Was my vowed task. †b. Solemnly consecrated or dedicated. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > faith > aspects of faith > holiness > [adjective] hallowedc900 holyc1000 blessedc1200 blissfula1225 seelya1225 yblessed1297 sacred13.. saint1377 devoutc1380 divinec1380 consecratec1386 dedicatec1386 benedighta1400 happyc1405 sillya1450 sacrate?a1475 sanctificatec1485 sacrificed?1504 sacrea1535 religious1549 vowed1585 anointed1595 devote1597 devoted1597 consecrated1599 sacrosanct1601 sanctimonious1604 sanctified1607 dedicated1609 divined1624 sacrosanctious1629 reverend1631 celebrate1632 divinified1633 sacrosanctified1693 sanctimonial1721 sacramental1851 divinized1852 sacral1882 sanct1890 sanctifiable1894 sacramented1914 hierophanic1927 kramat1947 sacralized1979 1585 C. Fetherston tr. J. Calvin Comm. Actes Apostles xxiii. 16 Paul shoulde come out on the morrowe to be slaine, as a vowed sacrifice. 1591 E. Spenser Virgil's Gnat in Complaints sig. K3^v Curtius..stifly bent his vowed life to spill. c1630 J. Milton tr. Horace 5th Ode 13 Me in my vow'd Picture the sacred wall declares t'have hung My dank and dropping weeds To the stern God of Sea. 1691 A. Gavin Frauds Romish Monks (ed. 3) 181 These Vow'd Pictures we generally find in all the Churches of Italy. c. Confirmed by a vow or vows; solemnly promised or guaranteed. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > agreement > promise > [adjective] > promised or vowed behotenc1200 hotena1325 plightedc1325 fasted1440 promised1449 pledged1552 faithed1556 behighted1571 voted1586 vowed1590 sacramental1665 avowed1720 sworn1819 arrhal1873 1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene ii. iv. sig. P8 Our selues in league of vowed loue wee knitt. a1616 W. Shakespeare Measure for Measure (1623) v. i. 205 This is the hand, which with a vowd contract Was fast belockt in thine. View more context for this quotation 1625 K. Long tr. J. Barclay Argenis ii. xv. 111 She would not suffer the memory of their vowed loue to be blotted out with absence. 1655 Ld. Norwich in E. Nicholas Nicholas Papers (1892) II. 259 I may without danger now present my humblest and all vowed duty to you. 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Æneis ix, in tr. Virgil Wks. 475 No Fate my vow'd Affection shall divide From thee, Heroick Youth. 1704 J. Trapp Abra-Mule v. i. 2544 Nor Fate, nor you, can my vow'd Faith control. d. Solemnly sworn or threatened. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > agreement > promise > [adjective] > promised or vowed > sworn or threatened vowed1590 1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene ii. vi. sig. R2^v Of his way he had no souenaunce, Nor care of vow'd reuenge, and cruell fight. 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Æneis v, in tr. Virgil Wks. 359 I sought with joy The vow'd destruction of ungrateful Troy. 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Æneis xii, in tr. Virgil Wks. 618 If thy vow'd Revenge pursue my Death. 1808 W. Scott Marmion i. xxiii. 45 The vowed revenge of Bughtrig rude, May end in worse than loss of hood. 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