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unswear

unswear verb: to recall a previously sworn oath.

Verb

unswear (third-person singular simple present unswears, present participle unswearing, simple past unswore, past participle unsworn)

  1. To recall a previously sworn oath.
    • The Ape was glad to end the strife so light ,
      And there - to swore ; for who would not oft swear ,
      And oft unswear , a diadem to bear ?1591, Ed[mund] Sp[enser], Complaints. Containing Sundrie Small Poemes of the Worlds Vanitie. […], London: […] William Ponsonbie, […], →OCLC
    • unswear that oath again, I'll tell you all;1626 February 13 (licensing date; Gregorian calendar), Francis Beaumont, John Fletcher, “The Noble Gentleman”, in Comedies and Tragedies […], London: […] Humphrey Robinson, […], and for Humphrey...

unswear meaning in Tamil

unswear in Tamil

சூளுரை மாற்று, ஆணை அவிழ்த்துவிடு, எதிர் ஆணையிடு

Forms of unswear

third-person singular presentunswears
present participleunswearing
pastunswore
past participleunsworn

Origin of unswear

From un- + swear.

Questions about unswear

What does unswear mean?
Unswear means to recall a previously sworn oath.
What is unswear in Tamil?
Unswear in Tamil is சூளுரை மாற்று, ஆணை அவிழ்த்துவிடு, எதிர் ஆணையிடு. See Unswear meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is unswear?
Unswear is a verb.
What is the past tense of unswear?
The past tense of unswear is unswore.

Words near unswear in the dictionary

  1. unswatted
  2. unswayable
  3. unswayed
  4. unswayedness
  5. unswaying
  6. unswear
  7. unswearing
  8. unswears
  9. unsweat
  10. unsweated
  11. unsweating

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Adapted from Wiktionary: unswear (page history and authors); unswear (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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