beswear
beswear verb: to swear by; swear about or regarding; swear at or to; promise.
Verb
beswear (third-person singular simple present beswears, present participle beswearing, simple past beswore, past participle besworn)
- To swear by; swear about or regarding; swear at or to; promise
- Some masters of the art take a pure child and set him in their lap, then lift his hand up and let him look into his nail, and beswear the child and the nail with a great adjuration, and then speak in the child's ear three unknown words, whereof one is Oriel, the others I withhold for fear of...1888, Teutonic mythology, Jacob Grimm, James Steven Stallybrass, tr. by J.S. Stallybrass - Volume 4
- Thereupon they met themselves, and then peace was talked over, and this was the matter agreed on, that the kings beswore each other brotherhood and settled peace between them while they should both be alive; …1895, The Saga Library
Examples of beswear in a sentence
- I beswear you that you should be struck in your pericardium by the lance of the mighty [Qitaros], who is ruler over demons, dēvs and liliths.2013, Shaul Shaked, Siam Bhayro, James Nathan Ford, Aramaic Bowl Spells:
- But if you will beswear what / Others think and be my love [...]2016, Bucky Williams—Hooker PhD, Angel Wing Begonias:
Forms of beswear
| third-person singular present | beswears |
|---|---|
| present participle | beswearing |
| past | beswore |
| past participle | besworn |
Origin of beswear
From be- + swear.
Questions about beswear
- What does beswear mean?
- Beswear means to swear by; swear about or regarding; swear at or to; promise.
- How do you use beswear in a sentence?
- I beswear you that you should be struck in your pericardium by the lance of the mighty [Qitaros], who is ruler over demons, dēvs and liliths.
- What part of speech is beswear?
- Beswear is a verb.
- What is the past tense of beswear?
- The past tense of beswear is beswore.
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