单词 | mis-sworn |
释义 | † mis-swornadj. Obsolete. 1. Chiefly Scottish. Forsworn, perjured. ΘΚΠ society > law > rule of law > lawlessness > specific offences > [adjective] > perjury > falsely sworn mis-sworn1506 perjured1567 forsworna1586 1506 tr. Kalender of Shepherdes sig. Evi Myssworone [1503 mensworn]..By wordes [etc.]. 1567 Dundee Charters (1880) 151 Gif any person..reveil..the secretts..he heirs in the counsall..to be dischargit of said place in the counsall as ane missworne person. 1671 Forbes Baron Court Bk. in Publ. Sc. Hist. Soc. (1919) 2nd Ser. 19 284 That shee callit the said Georg Michell perjurit and miswaron carll. 1768 A. Ross Fortunate Shepherdess ii. 100 How cud she think that grace or thrift cud be. Wi' ane, that she does sae missworn see? ?a1800 Broomfield Hill v, in F. J. Child Eng. & Sc. Pop. Ballads (1884) I. ii. 395 But if I stay from Broomfield Hills, I'll be a maid mis~sworn. 1838 Wilson's Hist. Tales Borders V. 54 To prevent him from making himself a mis-sworn man. 2. That has been invoked wrongly or vainly. rare. ΚΠ 1871 R. Ellis tr. Catullus Poems lxxvi. 4 A God's mis~sworn sanctity, deadly to men. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2002; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < adj.1506 |
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