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Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)

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First published 1934 (SND Vol. I).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.

AVOW(E), n.

1. Vow. Obs. or arch. in Mod.Eng.Sc. 1828 Scott F. M. Perth xxiv.:
I make mine avow, by the Red Rover's soul that he shall eat his writ, both wax and wether-skin.

2. Declaration or avowal.Sc. 1802 Scott Minstrelsy Border II. 79:
At kirk and market when we meet, We'll dare make nae avowe.

[Formed from O.Sc. avowe, devote, consecrate. O.Fr. avouer à and vouer. Late Lat. votāre, freq. of vovēre-vōtum.]

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