Nothing Special   »   [go: up one dir, main page]
Fine Dictionary

Unswear

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
  1. Unswear
    To recall an oath.
  2. Unswear
    To recant or recall, as an oath; to recall after having sworn; to abjure.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary
  1. (v.i) Unswear
    un-swār′ (Spens.) to recall an oath.
Etymology

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary 1st pref. un-, + swear,

Usage in literature

Why then the revoking my consent does annul, or make of none effect your oath; so you may unswear it again. "The Double-Dealer" by William Congreve

He hath, my lord; but be you well assur'd, No more than he'll unswear. "Othello, the Moor of Venice" by William Shakespeare

Women think they can swear a thing and unswear it, to save or please themselves. "His Grace of Osmonde" by Frances Hodgson Burnett

Why then the revoking my consent does annul, or make of none effect your oath; so you may unswear it again. "The Comedies of William Congreve Volume 1 [of 2]" by William Congreve