devowEtymologyFrom French dévouer, Latin devovere. Equivalent to de- + vow. Doublet of devote (transitive verb).devow means to give up; to devote. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 88 out of 100.verbTo give up; to devote.To disavow; to disclaim.“That should have been for sacred vengeance thrown: Thereto the armies angelic devow'd Their former rage, and all to Mercy bowed;”