Meaning

1 senses

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

Origin

From Middle English mansweren, from Old English mānswerian (“to forswear, perjure oneself”

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

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Forms

manswears, manswearing, manswore, mansworn
Base formmanswear · to manswear
3rd person singularmanswears
Present participlemanswearing
Past simplemanswore
Past participlemansworn

irregular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theymanswear
he, she, itmanswears

Past simpleLesson

all personsmanswore

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave mansworn
he, she, ithas mansworn

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill manswear

Synonyms

1 synonyms
misswear

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

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