oath
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English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Middle English ooth, oth, ath, from Old English āþ (“oath”), from Proto-Germanic *aiþaz (“oath”), from Proto-Indo-European *oyt- (“oath”). Cognate with Scots aith, athe (“oath”), North Frisian ith, iss (“oath”), West Frisian eed (“oath”), Dutch eed (“oath”), German Eid (“oath”), Swedish ed (“oath”), Icelandic eið (“oath”), Latin ūtor (“use, employ, avail”), Old Irish óeth (“oath”).
Pronunciation [edit]
Noun [edit]
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.
Derived terms [edit]
Related terms [edit]
- bloody oath (Australian slang)
- fucken oath (Australian slang)
Translations [edit]
solemn pledge
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affirmed statement
profanity
curse — see curse
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Verb [edit]
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')
Translations [edit]
to pledge
Homonyms [edit]
- oaf (in dialects with th-fronting)