oath
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
From Old English āþ.
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[edit] Noun
oath (plural oaths)
- A solemn pledge or promise to a god, king, or another person, to attest to the truth of a statement or contract
- 1924, Aristotle, Metaphysics, Translated by W. D. Ross. Nashotah, Wisconsin, USA: The Classical Library, 2001. Available at: <http://www.classicallibrary.org/aristotle/metaphysics/>. Book 1, Part 3.
- for they made Ocean and Tethys the parents of creation, and described the oath of the gods as being by water,
- 1924, Aristotle, Metaphysics, Translated by W. D. Ross. Nashotah, Wisconsin, USA: The Classical Library, 2001. Available at: <http://www.classicallibrary.org/aristotle/metaphysics/>. Book 1, Part 3.
- the affirmed statement or promise accepted as equivalent to an oath
- A light or insulting use of a solemn pledge or promise to a god, king or another person, to attest to the truth of a statement or contract the name of a deity in a profanity, as in swearing oaths
- a curse
- (law) An affirmation of the truth of a statement.
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- bloody oath (Australian slang)
- fucken oath (Australian slang)
- (law):affidavit
- (law):perjury
[edit] Translations
solemn pledge
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affirmed statement
profanity
curse — see curse
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[edit] Verb
oath (third-person singular simple present oaths, present participle oathing, simple past and past participle oathed)
- (archaic) To pledge.
- Shouting out. (as in 'oathing obsenities')
