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oath
English
Etymology
From Middle English ooth, oth, ath, from Old English ?þ (“oath”), from Proto-Germanic *aiþaz (“oath”), from Proto-Indo-European *h?óytos (“oath”). Cognate with Scots aith, athe (“oath”), North Frisian ith, iss (“oath”), West Frisian eed (“oath”), Dutch eed (“oath”), German Eid (“oath”), Swedish ed (“oath”), Icelandic eið (“oath”), Latin ?tor (“use, employ, avail”), Old Irish óeth (“oath”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /????/
- (General American) IPA(key): /?o??/
- Rhymes: -???
Noun
oath (plural oaths)
- A solemn pledge or promise that invokes a deity, a ruler, or another entity (not necessarily present) to attest the truth of a statement or sincerity of one's desire to fulfill a contract or promise.
- 2007, George Simmons Roth, Battle in Outer Space (?ISBN):
- But all of us took an oath to do our duty when we joined the Space Force, and I fully expect everyone to willingly keep their word. But you took no oath, and have no obligation.
- 2011, Mark Leyne, "The Tetherballs of Bougainville: A Novel
- There are […] brought all the way from Bougainville to present their birth certificates and testify in this courtroom, under oath, as to their given names.
- 2007, George Simmons Roth, Battle in Outer Space (?ISBN):
- A statement or promise which is strengthened (affirmed) by such a pledge.
- A light, irreverent or insulting appeal to a deity or other entity.
- A curse, a curse word.
- 1981, Bernard Asbell, The Senate Nobody Knows:
- The farther from the Senator's office, the darker and older the furniture, the freer fly four-letter oaths, the higher the heaps of unfiled and unattended papers culminating in a frenzy of pulp in the press section […]
- 1981, Bernard Asbell, The Senate Nobody Knows:
Synonyms
- pledge, vow, avowal
Derived terms
Related terms
- bloody oath (Australian slang)
- fucking oath (Australian slang)
Translations
Verb
oath (third-person singular simple present oaths, present participle oathing, simple past and past participle oathed)
- (archaic) To pledge.
Translations
Further reading
- oath on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
- HATO, Thao, taho
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swears
English
Noun
swears
- plural of swear
Verb
swears
- Third-person singular simple present indicative form of swear
Anagrams
- Wasser, resaws, sawers, swares, wrasse
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