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Webster 1913 Edition


Unswear

Un-swear′

,
Verb.
T.
[1st pref.
un-
+
swear
.]
To recant or recall, as an oath; to recall after having sworn; to abjure.
J. Fletcher.

Un-swear′

,
Verb.
I.
To recall an oath.
Spenser.

Webster 1828 Edition


Unswear

UNSWEAR

,
Verb.
T.
To recant or recall an oath.

Definition 2024


unswear

unswear

English

Verb

unswear (third-person singular simple present unswears, present participle unswearing, simple past unswore, past participle unsworn)

  1. To recall a previously sworn oath.
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