vowing
SayVOW-ing/ˈvaʊɪŋ/
- 1Present participle and gerund of vow.
The senator resigned, vowing to clear his name in court.
Vowing revenge, the exiled prince began to gather an army.
Note
The -ing form does two jobs. As a participle it attaches to a clause and describes its subject in the act: vowing loyalty, she knelt. As a gerund it works as a noun and can take an article or a possessive, as in her vowing surprised no one. Either way it can take a direct object (revenge, loyalty), a to-infinitive, or nothing at all. It often carries the public, defiant tone of a declared retaliation.
vowing is a form of vow
vow, verb: To make a vow; to promise something solemnly. Full entry
- Spelling
- vow → vowing: add -ing
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