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unswear

verb

Etymology

From un- + swear.

  1. derived from *swer-✻ — “to swear”
  2. inherited from *swarjaną✻ — “to speak, swear”
  3. inherited from *swarjan✻
  4. inherited from swerian — “to swear, take an oath of office”
  5. inherited from sweren
  6. prefixed as unswear — “un + swear”

Definitions

  1. To recall a previously sworn oath.

    • The Ape was glad to end the strife so light , And there - to swore ; for who would not oft swear , And oft unswear , a diadem to bear ?
    • unswear that oath again, I'll tell you all;

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA