unswearv.

Etymology: un- prefix² 1a, 1 Compare Old Frisian unswera, und-, untswera, Middle Dutch ontsweren (Dutch ontzweren), Middle Low German entsweren, Middle High German untswern.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: unˈswear.

transitive. To retract (something sworn or asserted).

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > reversal of or forsaking one's will or purpose > reverse or abandon one's purpose or intention [verb (transitive)] > recant or retract

to call againc1390

repealc1390

revokec1390

replyc1425

renounce1446

renayc1450

unsay1483

manswear1502

to let loose1530

to call back1533

recant1534

retract1538

unswear1591

unwish1591

swallow1597

to take back1599

retractate1600

reclaim1615

unspeak1615

recede1655

renege1679

unnotify1738

unpronounce1745

withdraw1793

palinode1892

1596 Raigne of Edward III sig. C4^v Thinkst that thou canst vnswere [printed answere] thy oth againe.

a1616 W. Shakespeare King John (1623) iii. i. 171 [To] Vn-sweare faith sworne.

a1641 J. Smyth Berkeley MSS (1883) I. 94 The kinge repents and purposeth to undoe and vnsweare what to his Barons hee had done.

1690 J. Dryden Amphitryon iv. 36 Think what thou wert, and who cou'd swear too much? Think what thou art, and that unswears it all.

1706 D. Defoe Jure Divino iv. 14 Their vow'd Allegiance early they withheld,..And unswore all Allegiance to his Line.

1829 W. S. Landor Imaginary Conversat. 2nd Ser. II. viii. 447 What you propose to swear to-morrow you will unswear the day after.

1874 A. C. Swinburne Bothwell ii. xvii He..shall oversay the word he said In your own ear, or else unswear it.

absolute.1591 E. Spenser Prosopopoia in Complaints 1058 Who would not oft sweare, And oft vnsweare, a Diademe to beare?1681 E. Hickeringill Horrid Sin Man-catching i. 9 False Witnesses, whose Tongues can swear and unswear.a1734 R. North Lives of Norths (1826) I. 88 Her adversary defamed her for swearing and unswearing.1872 Ld. Tennyson Last Tournament in Gareth & Lynette 129 Unsay it, unswear!

Derivatives

unˈswearing n.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > reversal of or forsaking one's will or purpose > [noun] > recantation or retraction

renayinga1400

retractionc1405

revocationa1428

recanting1534

recantation?1544

retractation1547

retract1553

renegation1581

reneging1632

revoking1646

unsaying1647

misowning1661

unwishing1699

unswearinga1822

withdrawal1836

1775 J. Ash New Dict. Eng. Lang. Unswearing, the act of recanting what has been sworn.]

a1822 P. B. Shelley Charles I ii, in Wks. (1870) II. 386 Thou wilt preside Over a knot of censurers, To the unswearing of thy best resolves.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online June 2019).

单词	unswear
释义	unswearv. Etymology: un- prefix² 1a, 1 Compare Old Frisian unswera, und-, untswera, Middle Dutch ontsweren (Dutch ontzweren), Middle Low German entsweren, Middle High German untswern.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: unˈswear. transitive. To retract (something sworn or asserted). ΘΚΠ the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > reversal of or forsaking one's will or purpose > reverse or abandon one's purpose or intention [verb (transitive)] > recant or retract to call againc1390 repealc1390 revokec1390 replyc1425 renounce1446 renayc1450 unsay1483 manswear1502 to let loose1530 to call back1533 recant1534 retract1538 unswear1591 unwish1591 swallow1597 to take back1599 retractate1600 reclaim1615 unspeak1615 recede1655 renege1679 unnotify1738 unpronounce1745 withdraw1793 palinode1892 1596 Raigne of Edward III sig. C4^v Thinkst that thou canst vnswere [printed answere] thy oth againe. View more context for this quotation a1616 W. Shakespeare King John (1623) iii. i. 171 [To] Vn-sweare faith sworne. View more context for this quotation a1641 J. Smyth Berkeley MSS (1883) I. 94 The kinge repents and purposeth to undoe and vnsweare what to his Barons hee had done. 1690 J. Dryden Amphitryon iv. 36 Think what thou wert, and who cou'd swear too much? Think what thou art, and that unswears it all. 1706 D. Defoe Jure Divino iv. 14 Their vow'd Allegiance early they withheld,..And unswore all Allegiance to his Line. 1829 W. S. Landor Imaginary Conversat. 2nd Ser. II. viii. 447 What you propose to swear to-morrow you will unswear the day after. 1874 A. C. Swinburne Bothwell ii. xvii He..shall oversay the word he said In your own ear, or else unswear it. absolute.1591 E. Spenser Prosopopoia in Complaints 1058 Who would not oft sweare, And oft vnsweare, a Diademe to beare?1681 E. Hickeringill Horrid Sin Man-catching i. 9 False Witnesses, whose Tongues can swear and unswear.a1734 R. North Lives of Norths (1826) I. 88 Her adversary defamed her for swearing and unswearing.1872 Ld. Tennyson Last Tournament in Gareth & Lynette 129 Unsay it, unswear! Derivatives unˈswearing n. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > reversal of or forsaking one's will or purpose > [noun] > recantation or retraction renayinga1400 retractionc1405 revocationa1428 recanting1534 recantation?1544 retractation1547 retract1553 renegation1581 reneging1632 revoking1646 unsaying1647 misowning1661 unwishing1699 unswearinga1822 withdrawal1836 1775 J. Ash New Dict. Eng. Lang. Unswearing, the act of recanting what has been sworn.] a1822 P. B. Shelley Charles I ii, in Wks. (1870) II. 386 Thou wilt preside Over a knot of censurers, To the unswearing of thy best resolves. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < v.1591
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