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▪ I. swearing, vbl. n.|ˈswɛərɪŋ|
[f. swear v. + -ing1.]
The action of the verb swear.
1. The action of taking an oath. false swearing, perjury. hard swearing: see hard a. 19 b.
c1200Vices & Virtues 9 Of oðe(s) sueriingge. 1303R. Brunne Handl. Synne 2724 By þis tale, ȝe mowe se alle Þat fals sweryng wyl euyl befalle. c1425J. Hill in Illustr. Anc. State & Chivalry (Roxb.) 9 Whanne he is called to his first ooth, thanne sitteth it to alle his forsaide Counsaille to goo with hym..for to here..how he swereth, and what countenaunce he maketh in his sweryng. 1526Pilgr. Perf. (W. de W. 1531) 94 Swerynge whan it is with deliberacyon for ony thynge yt is false or vayne, it perteyneth to periury. 1561T. Hoby tr. Castiglione's Courtyer ii. (1577) M iij, I beleeue withoute swearing that you haue no faith also in Christe. 1601Shakes. Twel. N. v. i. 277 And all those sayings, will I ouer sweare, And all those swearings keepe as true in soule. 1651Hobbes Govt. & Soc. ii. §20. 32 Swearing is a speech joyned to a promise, whereby the promiser declares his renouncing of Gods mercy, unlesse he perform his word. a1704T. Brown Dial. Dead, Reas. Oaths Wks. 1711 IV. 81 The Doctor considered the taking of the Oaths to be only an indifferent thing..for otherwise it had been his Duty to dissuade all Persons..from Swearing. 1837Carlyle Fr. Rev. ii. i. viii, The February swearing has set them all agog. 1887[see hard a. 19 b].
2. The uttering of a profane oath; the use of profane language.
1340Ayenb. 63 Hi ne conne noþing zygge wyþ-oute zueriynge. c1380Wyclif Wks. (1880) 120 Ydel swerynge of herte & bonys of crist. 1500–20Dunbar Poems ix. 106, I knaw me vicious, Lord,..In aithis sweiring, leising, and blaspheming. 1542Boorde Dyetary vii. (1870) 243 In all the worlde there is not suche odyble swearyng as is vsed in Englande. 1623–4Act 21 James I, c. 20 For as much as all prophane Swearing and Cursing is forbidden by the Word of God, Be it therefore enacted..That no person or persons shall from henceforth prophanely sweare or curse. 1657in Trans. Cumbld. & Westmoreld. Antiq. Soc. (N.S.) XIV. 189 Convict..for the swearinge of 5 profane oaths upon the same day (viz.) 3 of them by god, one by his troth and one by his soule. 1663Dryden Wild Gallant i. ii, He has been a great fanatic formerly, and now has got a habit of swearing, that he may be thought a cavalier. 1764Gray Jemmy Twitcher 16 All the town rings of his swearing and roaring. 1867Smyth Sailor's Word-bk. s.v., Habitual swearing was usually typical of a bad officer.
3. The action of administering an oath, spec. of admitting a person into office with an oath. Also swearing-in: see swear v. 21.
a1400Old Usages Winchester in Eng. Gilds (1870) 362 So þt, byfore answere, ne legge non oþer delay, but ȝif hit be for swerynge of mo parteneres of play of londe by ryȝt. 1712Prideaux Direct. Ch.-wardens (ed. 4) 47 There is a Writ at Common-Law issuable out of the King's-Bench to command the Swearing of him. 1863H. Cox Instit. i. vi. 42 As there is no election of a Speaker, and no general swearing of members. 1900Westm. Gaz. 4 Jan. 7/3 The swearing-in of the Volunteers at the Guildhall.
4. attrib.
1569J. Sandford tr. Agrippa's Van. Artes liv. 72 b, Who is that whiche seethe a man goo with a cocke pase, with a swearinge gesture, with a fierce countenaunce,..with an vnpleasaunt speache, with wild manners,..that doth not iudge him to be a Germane? 1705tr. Bosman's Guinea 149 Every Person entring into any Obligation is obliged to drink this Swearing Liquor. a1708T. Ward Eng. Ref. iv. (1710) 102 Cowper, who kept the Swearing Office, Instructed wisely ev'ry Novice, In what concern'd the Swearing Art. 1721Amherst Terræ Fil. No. 41. (1754) 218 [I] swore, engag'd my soul, And paid the swearing-broker whole Ten shilling. 1842D. G. Rossetti Let. 1 Sept. (1965) I. 7 Uncle Henry's Swearing-book combines both Bible and Prayer-Book. 1899Swearing-habit [see drinking-habit s.v. drinking vbl. n. 4 c]. 1939Joyce Finnegans Wake 524 Mr. Cockshott, as he had his assignation with, present holder by deedpoll and indenture of the swearing belt.
▪ II. ˈswearing, ppl. a.
[-ing2.]
That swears.
1. That takes or has taken an oath, esp. an oath of allegiance.
1727P. Walker Vind. Cameron's Name in Biog. Presbyt. (1827) I. 248 We have the Parallel Case in Scotland this Day, putting the Swearing Ministers in Place of the Actually-indulged. 1837Carlyle Fr. Rev. ii. i. vi, Saw the Sun ever such a swearing people? 1855Macaulay Hist. Eng. xiv. III. 447 The swearing clergy, as they were called, were not a little perplexed by this reasoning.
2. That utters a profane oath; given to profane language.
1796J. Woodforde Diary 10 Oct. (1929) IV. 312 My Boy, John Brand, left my Service to day, as he had proper Notice so to do, being the most saucy swearing Lad that ever we had. 1862Borrow Wales lxviii, Night came quickly upon me after I had passed the swearing lad. 1887F. Francis Jun. Saddle & Mocassin 5, I guess they [sc. the Mormons] smokes more, and stands for the swearingest people as there is anywhere.
Hence ˈswearingly adv.
a1617Hieron Wks. (1620) II. 340 Now it curseth man, talkes viciously, speaks swearingly; suddenly it is framing some words of holinesse and deuotion. |