overswear

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Definition of overswear

2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

verb

(intransitive)To swear excessively; to make too many oaths.

“[…] early modern Catholic theologians needed to curb the tendency of overswearing in order to institutionalize and regulate the oath more firmly as a sacrament of power.”

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verb

(intransitive)To swear excessively; to make too many oaths.

“[…] early modern Catholic theologians needed to curb the tendency of overswearing in order to institutionalize and regulate the oath more firmly as a sacrament of power.”
(obsolete)To swear over again, or in opposition to the oath sworn by another.

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From over- + swear.

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