forswearing

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English

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Etymology

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From Middle English forswerynge; equivalent to for- +‎ swearing.

Verb

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forswearing

  1. present participle and gerund of forswear

Noun

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forswearing (plural forswearings)

  1. The act of one who forswears.
    • 1614, Walter Ralegh [i.e., Walter Raleigh], The Historie of the World […], London: […] William Stansby for Walter Burre, […], →OCLC, (please specify |book=1 to 5):
      Oh, by what plots, by what forswearings, betrayings, oppressions, imprisonments, tortures, poisonings, and under what reasons of state and politic subtilty, have these forenamed kings […] pulled the vengeance of God upon themselves […]
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