overswear en · VERB
Etymology
From over- + swear.
Meanings
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(intransitive) To swear excessively; to make too many oaths.
[…] early modern Catholic theologians needed to curb the tendency of overswearing in order to institutionalize and regulate the oath more firmly as a sacrament of power.
2013, Stefania Tutino, Shadows of Doubt: Language and Truth in Post-Reformation Catholic Culture, page 153:
- (obsolete) To swear over again, or in opposition to the oath sworn by another.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| overswears | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| overswore | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| oversworn | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| overswearing | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic |