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beswear

verb

Etymology

From be- + 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 beswear — “be + swear”

Definitions

  1. To swear by

    To swear by; swear about or regarding; swear at or to; promise

    • Thereupon they met themselves, and then peace was talked over, and this was the matter agreed on, that the kings beswore each other brotherhood and settled peace between them while they should both be alive; …
    • Abraham beswore his servant, Eliezer, by putting the latter's hand under his thigh.

The neighborhood

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