oath englanniksi - Sanakirja.org (englanti-englanti)

A solemn pledge or promise to a god, king, or another person, to attest to the truth of a statement or contract
The affirmed statement or promise accepted as equivalent to an oath.
A light or insulting use of a solemn pledge or promise to a god, king or another person, to attest to the truth of a statement or contract the name of a deity in a profanity, as in swearing oaths.
A curse.
(legal) An affirmation of the truth of a statement.

for they made Ocean and Tethys the parents of creation, and described the oath of the gods as being by water,
Swearing doesn't just mean what we now understand by "dirty words". It is entwined, in social and linguistic history, with the other sort of swearing: vows and oaths. Consider for a moment the origins of almost any word we have for bad language – "profanity", "curses", "oaths" and "swearing" itself.
In the mid-1940s, the Green Lantern’s oath was revised into the form that became famous during the Hal Jordan era: In brightest day, in blackest night, No evil shall escape my sight. Let those who worship evil’s might, Beware my power… Green Lantern’s Light!
To swear is to take an oath, to make a solemn vow.

Partisiipin perfekti	oathed
Imperfekti	oathed
Partisiipin preesens	oathing
Monikko	oaths
Yksikön kolmannen persoonan indikatiivin preesens	oaths

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