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counterswearing

counterswearing is the present participle and gerund of counterswear.

Meaning of counterswear

Verb

counterswear (third-person singular simple present counterswears, present participle counterswearing, simple past counterswore, past participle countersworn)

  1. (transitive) 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

Questions about counterswearing

What is counterswearing the present participle and gerund of?
Counterswearing is the present participle and gerund of counterswear.

Words near counterswearing in the dictionary

  1. countersurprises
  2. countersurveillance
  3. countersway
  4. countersways
  5. counterswear
  6. counterswearing
  7. counterswears
  8. counterswing
  9. counterswinging
  10. counterswings
  11. counterswore

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