Oath definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary OATH, n. A solemn affirmation or declaration, made with an appeal ... of what is affirmed. The appeal to God in an oath, implies that the person imprecates his vengeance and renounces his ... God if he should fail to fulfill it. A false oath is called perjury. WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1 ... or anger; "expletives were deleted" [syn: curse, curse word, expletive, oath, swearing, swearword, cuss] 2: a commitment to tell the truth (especially in a court of law); to lie under oath is to become subject to prosecution for perjury [syn: ...
... swear not at all. Matthew 5. 2. To promise upon oath. Jacob said, swear to me this day; and he swore to him. Genesis 25. 3. To give evidence an oath; as, to swear to the truth of a statement. He ... for the truth of the declaration; as, to swear on oath. [This seems to have been the primitive use of swear; that is, to affirm.] 1. To put to an oath; to cause to take an oath; as, to swear witnesses in court; to swear a jury ... are sworn into office. 2. To declare or charge upon oath; as, to swear treason against a man. 3. To ...
Hippocratic oath definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: an oath taken by physicians to observe medical ethics deriving from Hippocrates Merriam Webster's noun Date: 1747 an oath embodying a code of medical ethics usually taken by those ... about to begin medical practice Oxford Reference Dictionary n. an oath formerly taken by doctors affirming their obligations and proper conduct ... so called, as having been described by Hippocrates. --Dunglison. Hippocratic oath, an oath said to have been dictated by Hippocrates to his ...
Oath of abjuration definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Abjuration Ab`ju ... 1. The act of abjuring or forswearing; a renunciation upon oath; as, abjuration of the realm, a sworn banishment, an oath taken to leave the country and never to return. 2 ... A solemn recantation or renunciation; as, an abjuration of heresy. Oath of abjuration, an oath asserting the right of the present royal family to the ...
... n. 1.The act of adjuring; a solemn charging on oath, or under the penalty of a curse. 2.The form of oath. WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: a solemn and ... something Merriam Webster's noun Date: 1611 1. a solemn oath 2. an earnest urging or advising • adjuratory adjective Webster's ... Adjure.] 1. The act of adjuring; a solemn charging on oath, or under the penalty of a curse; an earnest appeal ... effect, an adjuration shall. --Bp. Hall. 2. The form of oath or appeal. Persons who . . . made use of prayer and adjurations ... the obligation of speaking or acting as if under an oath (1 Sam. 14:24; Josh. 6:26; 1 Kings ...
To take oath definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Take Take, v. t. [imp ... take in vain, to employ or utter as in an oath. ``Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy ... attention. To take notice of. See under Notice. To take oath, to swear with solemnity, or in a judicial manner. To ...
Book oath definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Book Book (b[oo^]k ... of moths, the larv[ae] of which eat books. Book oath, an oath made on The Book, or Bible. The Book of Books ...
Oath supremacy definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Supremacy Su*prem"a ... restored to its supremacy over spiritual men and causes. --Blackstone. Oath supremacy, an oath which acknowledges the supremacy of the sovereign in spiritual affairs ...
Bribery oath definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Bribery Brib"er*y, n ... official or political action of another by corrupt inducements. Bribery oath, an oath taken by a person that he has not been bribed ...
Corporal oath definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Corporal Cor"po*ral (k ... or with which they are covered; a communion cloth. Corporal oath, a solemn oath; -- so called from the fact that it was the ancient ...
lying under oath definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: criminal offense of making false statements under oath [syn: perjury, bearing false witness, lying under oath]
To make oath definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Make Make, v. t. [imp ... no weight or importance; to make no difference. To make oath (Law), to swear, as to the truth of something, in ...
BIBLE OATH Definitions 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue Supposed by the vulgar to be more binding than an oath taken on the Testament only, as being the bigger book ...
Burgess oath definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Burgess Bur"gess, n. [OE ... Virginia were called burgesses; they are now called delegates. Burgess oath. See Burgher, 2.