Oath

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Noun

oath (plural: oaths)

  1. A solemn pledge or promise to a god, king or another person, to attest to the truth of a statement or contract
  2. the affirmed statement or promise accepted as equivalent to an oath
  3. A light or insulting use of the name of a deity in a profanity, as in swearing oaths
  4. a curse
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Translations

solemn pledge

affirmed statement

profanity

curse

See curse
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Verb

to oath (third-person singular simple present oaths, present participle oathing, simple past oathed, past participle oathed)

  1. (archaic) To pledge.
  2. Shouting out. (as in 'oathing obsenities')
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Translations

to pledge

shouting out

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References

1-5. ^ ^ ^ ^ ^  Oxford-Paravia Concise - Dizionario Inglese-Italiano e Italiano-Inglese. Turin: Paravia, 2003. Edited in collaboration with Oxford University Press. ISBN 8839551107.

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