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swearing

verb

Etymology

From Middle English sweryng; equivalent to swear + -ing.

  1. inherited from sweryng

Definitions

  1. present participle and gerund of swear

  2. The act of swearing, or making an oath.

    • No man is believed a jot the more for all the asseverations, damnings, and swearings he makes.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for swearing. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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