English Explanatory Dictionary

manswear

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To swear falsely; perjure oneself.

Word forms

manswear manswears manswearing manswore mansworn mainswear manswere maneswere mansweir

Etymology

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

Synonyms

misswear
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