1 Law:: (originally, and in religious context) avow,
فرهنگ تشریحی - کاربردی حقوق تالیف هرمز رشدیه
2 Law:: (hence and by extension as a formal word with literary or rhetorical overtones in quasi-religious context in contemporary Persian) declare, declaring one’s support for a person in a cause that he is to lead or is already leading
3 Law:: (loosely) allegiance; oath of allegiance