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Webster 1913 Edition

Manswear

Man′swearˊ

,
Verb.
I.
To swear falsely. Same as
Mainswear
.

Definition 2024

manswear

manswear

English

Alternative forms

  • mainswear (Northern England)
  • manswere, maneswere, maneswere (Scotland)

Verb

manswear ‎(third-person singular simple present manswears, present participle manswearing, simple past manswore, past participle mansworn)

  1. (transitive, Britain dialectal) To swear falsely; perjure oneself.

Etymology

From Middle English mansweren, from Old English mānswerian ‎(“to forswear, perjure oneself”), from mān ‎(“bad, criminal, false”) + swerian ‎(“to swear”).

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