| 单词 | to swear to |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto swear to —— to swear to —— 1. To promise or undertake with a solemn oath (an act or course of action): cf. 2. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > agreement > promise > promise or vow [verb (transitive)] swearc825 hightOE behighta1000 behestc1175 bespeakc1320 queatha1325 vow1338 avowc1374 undertakec1385 forhighta1400 forsweara1400 hest14.. promitc1422 promise1430 protest1430 to swear outa1440 to swear to ——1598 pollicitate1657 1028–60 Laws Northumbrian Priests §57 (Liebermann 384/1) Þæt hi hit gegaderian and eft agifan, swa hi durran to swerian.] 1598 W. Shakespeare Love's Labour's Lost i. i. 53 Longa. You swore to that Berowne, and to the rest. View more context for this quotation 1671 H. M. tr. Erasmus Colloquies 401 Even when he had deeply sworn to it. 1710 H. Prideaux Orig. & Right Tithes v. 275 The English..made all, that reigned over them, to sware to the keeping of them. 1819 W. Scott Bride of Lammermoor vii, in Tales of my Landlord 3rd Ser. II. 128 I have sacrificed to you projects of vengeance long nursed, and sworn to with ceremonies little better than heathen. 2. To affirm with an oath; to express assurance of the truth of (a statement), or the identity of (a person or thing), by swearing. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > statement > assertion or affirmation > [verb (transitive)] > swear an oath or take an oath > confirm by an oath to swear for ——1579 to swear to ——a1616 a1616 W. Shakespeare All's Well that ends Well (1623) v. iii. 292 He knowes I am no Maid, and hee'l sweare too 't. View more context for this quotation a1718 M. Prior Poems Several Occasions (1723) II. 12 Ad's Life! must One swear to the Truth of a Song? 1757 D. Hume Hist. Great Brit. II. iii. 120 The greatest interest could not engage him [sc. a quaker], in any court of judicature, to swear even to the truth. 1801 M. Edgeworth Forester in Moral Tales I. 192 He..held the book to him, and demanded, whether he would swear to the person, from whom he received the note. 1841 W. M. Thackeray Great Hoggarty Diamond xii Mr. Abednego and the two gentlemen from Houndsditch were present to swear to their debts. 1848 G. Wyatt Revelations of Orderly (1849) 82 They came and swore to having served the dustucks. 1859 H. Kingsley Recoll. G. Hamlyn I. v. 42 There was something about his toute ensemble..that would have made an Australian policeman swear to him as a convict without the least hesitation. 1908 R. Bagot Anthony Cuthbert xxiv. 315 You could swear to its authenticity, or the reverse, if necessary? < as lemmas |
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