swike
To deceive, cheat; betrayTo deceive, cheat; betray.
Meaning
2 senses(dialectal, obsolete, transitive)To deceive, cheat; betray.
(dialectal, obsolete, transitive)To stop, cease.
Origin
From Middle English swiken, from Old English swīcan (“to wander, depart, cease from, yieldFrom Middle English swiken, from Old English swīcan (“to wander, depart, cease from, yield, give way, fail, fall short, be wanting, abandon, desert, turn traitor, deceive, rebel”), from Proto-West Germanic *swīkwan, from Proto-Germanic *swīkwaną (“to dodge, swerve, avoid, betray”), from Proto-Indo-European *sweyg- (“to turn, move around, wander, swing”).
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Forms
swikes, swiking, swoke, swickenSynonyms
41 synonymsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, irregular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.