vowingn.
/ˈvaʊɪŋ/ The action of the verb in various senses.
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the mind > language > speech > agreement > promise > [noun] > vow or oath > vowing or administering an oath
swearinga1400
vowinga1400
devouation1428
avowingc1450
avowry1587
objuration1623
administration1625
nuncupation1625
nuncupating1679
swearinga1708
attestation1812
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the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > danger > threat or threatening > [noun] > verbal threatening
beotOE
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boast1487
bug word1546
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vowing1886
the mind > language > speech > agreement > promise > [noun] > vow or oath > vowing or administering an oath > making a solemn threat
vowing1886
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 10692 Þe biscop..did þam sembled be, O þis vouing [Gött. vowing] of chastite, For to ask o þaim sum rede.
?1550 J. Bale Apol. agaynste Papyst 136 Where as he calleth geldynge or makynge chast for the kyngdome of heauen, a voweynge of the single lyfe, whych Christ neuer ment.
1594 R. Carew tr. T. Tasso Godfrey of Bulloigne i. 14 That holy Pilgrims farre from dread of way, That great Tombe might adore, and vowings pay.
1782 J. Brown Compend. View Nat. & Revealed Relig. vi. iii. 595 Vowing is the making a solemn promise to God, in which we bind ourselves to do or forbear somewhat for the promoting of his glory.
1844 E. B. Browning Man's Requirem. ii Love me with thine open youth In its frank surrender; With the vowing of thy mouth With its silence tender.
1886 J. S. Corbett Fall of Asgard II. 77 The drinking went forward again, and great was the vowing and boasting as the night went on.
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