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单词 vowing
释义 vowing, vbl. n.|ˈvaʊɪŋ|
[f. vow v. + -ing1.]
The action of the verb in various senses.
a1300Cursor M. 10692 Þe biscop..did þam sembled be, O þis vouing [v.r. vowing] of chastite For to ask o þaim sum rede.1550Bale Apol. 136 Where as he calleth geldynge or makynge chast for the kyngdome of heauen, a voweynge of the single lyfe, whych Christ neuer ment.1594Carew Tasso (1881) 11 That holy Pilgrims farre from dread of way That great Tombe might adore, and vowings pay.1782J. Brown View Nat. & Revealed Relig. vi. iii. §9 (1796) 505 Vowing is the making a solemn promise to God, in which we bind ourselves to do or forbear somewhat for the promoting his glory.1844Mrs. 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.1886Corbett 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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