counterswear
counterswear verb: to swear against; to take one's oath against.
Verb
counterswear (third-person singular simple present counterswears, present participle counterswearing, simple past counterswore, past participle countersworn)
- To swear against; to take one's oath against.
- If the defendant denied entirely or only partially, his own oath was conclusive on the point, unless the plaintiff counterswore.1926, Thomas Peter Ellis, Welsh Tribal Law and Custom in the Middle Ages, volume 2, page 374
- One of the Irish triads stated that the oath of a woman in childbirth was one of the three oaths that could not be countersworn.2011, Sharon Paice MacLeod, Celtic Myth and Religion, page 190
Forms of counterswear
| third-person singular present | counterswears |
|---|---|
| present participle | counterswearing |
| past | counterswore |
| past participle | countersworn |
Origin of counterswear
From counter- + swear.
Questions about counterswear
- What does counterswear mean?
- Counterswear means to swear against; to take one's oath against.
- What part of speech is counterswear?
- Counterswear is a verb.
- What is the past tense of counterswear?
- The past tense of counterswear is counterswore.
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