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English
Etymology
From un- + swear.
Verb
unswear (third-person singular simple present unswears, present participle unswearing, simple past unswore, past participle unsworn)
- To recall a previously sworn oath.
1626 February 13 (licensing date), Francis Beaumont, John Fletcher, “The Noble Gentleman”, in Comedies and Tragedies , London: Humphrey Robinson, , and for Humphrey Moseley , published 1647, →OCLC, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals, and the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals):unswear that oath again, I'll tell you all;
References
“unswear”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
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