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Definition of Foresworn
1. foreswear [v] - See also: foreswear
Lexicographical Neighbors of Foresworn
Literary usage of Foresworn
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Curran and His Contemporaries by Charles Phillips (1851)
"perjured on the table, or loyalty be foresworn in the jury-box. And when you have
done so, tell them the story of Orr—tell them of his captivity, ..."
2. The Kassandra Complex by Murray Lawrence, Lawrence Murray (2003)
"PARTI of BOOK II THE PROMISE OF PEACE PERPETUAL foresworn IN THE SEVENTH CENTURY
AD \ % ... foresworn."
3. The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria by Morris Jastrow (1898)
"By Shamash the mighty, be ye foresworn. By Ea, the lord of everything, be ye
foresworn. By Marduk, the chief magician of the gods, be ye foresworn. ..."
4. Records and Files of the Quarterly Courts of Essex County, Massachusetts by George Francis Dow (1917)
"... she heard him call Richard Morgan foresworn devil and foresworn dog, and said
he was a highway thief and a foresworn rogue. Said Joanes' wife also spoke ..."
5. Remains, Historical and Literary, Connected with the Palatine Counties of by Chetham Society (1857)
"... aged about 50 years, deposed saith: — That Nathaniel Taylor said before ye
jury at Chollerton that Samuel Taylor his brother was a foresworn man; ..."
6. Remains, Historical and Literary, Connected with the Palatine Counties of by Chetham Society (1857)
"... aged about 50 years, deposed saith: — That Nathaniel Taylor said before ye
jury at Chollerton that Samuel Taylor his brother was a foresworn man; ..."
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