"overswear" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: overswears [present, singular, third-person], overswearing [participle, present], overswore [past], oversworn [participle, past]
Etymology: over- + swear Etymology templates: {{pre|en|over|swear}} over- + swear Head templates: {{en-verb|||overswore|oversworn}} overswear (third-person singular simple present overswears, present participle overswearing, simple past overswore, past participle oversworn)
  1. (intransitive) To swear excessively; to make too many oaths. Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-overswear-en-verb-ks88L1Js
  2. (obsolete) To swear over again, or in opposition to the oath sworn by another. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-overswear-en-verb--a27v3zA Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with over- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 35 65 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with over-: 40 60

Inflected forms

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