manswear
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manswear
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From Middle English mansweren, from Old English mānswerian (“to forswear, perjure oneself”), from mān (“bad, criminal, false”) + swerian (“to swear”).
verb manswears · manswearing · manswore · mansworn · mainswear · manswere
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To swear falsely; perjure oneself.
I require of thee, as a man of thy word, on pain of being held faithless, man-sworn, and nidering [footnote: Infamous], to forgive and to receive to thy paternal affection the good knight, Wilfrid of Ivanhoe.
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Talk about this word "manswear." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/manswear. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. manswear. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/manswear "manswear." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/manswear.Cite this
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title = {manswear},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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