单词 | i dare be sworn |
释义 | > as lemmasI dare be sworn f. I dare be sworn, I'll be sworn, expressing strong affirmation, literally implying readiness to take an oath upon the fact. archaic. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > statement > assertion or affirmation > [phrase] > readiness to take an oath I dare be sworn1600 1600 W. Shakespeare Merchant of Venice v. i. 172 I dare be sworne for him he would not leaue it. View more context for this quotation a1616 W. Shakespeare Merry Wives of Windsor (1623) i. iv. 140 Ile be sworne on a booke shee loues you. View more context for this quotation a1616 W. Shakespeare Tempest (1623) iii. iii. 26 Ile besworne 'tis true. View more context for this quotation 1693 Humours & Conversat. Town 4 I'll be sworn, it has seem'd an Age to me. 1835 E. Bulwer-Lytton Rienzi I. i. x. 127 I dare be sworn the good man spent the whole night in painting it himself. < as lemmas |
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