† dejeratev.
Obsolete.
intransitive and transitive. To swear solemnly.
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the mind > language > statement > assertion or affirmation > [verb (transitive)] > swear an oath or take an oath > state or declare an oath
benamec1000
swear1390
depose?a1500
deponec1550
dejeratea1641
a1641 R. Montagu Acts & Monuments (1642) 302 Antipater..dejerated deeply, and called God to witnesse of his innocency.
Derivatives
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1607 Bp. J. King Serm. Nov. 32 Their vowed and deierated secresie.
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the mind > language > statement > assertion or affirmation > [noun] > solemn
oathOE
swarec1200
sermenta1325
jurament1575
asseveration1602
sanction1611
contestation1614
vowa1616
dejeration1626
sweara1643
dejury1683
fetish1705
vum1881
oath-pledge1884
1626 Bp. J. Hall Contempl. VIII. O.T. xxi. 541 Doubtlesse, with many vowes, and teares, and deierations, he labours to cleare his intentions.
1656 T. Blount Glossographia Deieration, a solemn swearing.
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1623 H. Cockeram Eng. Dict. Deierator, a great swearer.
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