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English
Etymology
From French dévouer, Latin devovere. Equivalent to de- + vow. Doublet of devote (transitive verb).
Verb
devow (third-person singular simple present devows, present participle devowing, simple past and past participle devowed)
- (obsolete) To give up; to devote.
- (obsolete) To disavow; to disclaim.
1610, Giles Fletcher, Christ's Victorie and Triumph, in Heaven, in Earth, over and after Death:That should have been for sacred vengeance thrown:
Thereto the armies angelic devow'd
Their former rage, and all to Mercy bowed;
References
“devow”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
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