The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
FORSWEARING
renunciation, forgoing, forswearing
(noun) the act of renouncing; sacrificing or giving up or surrendering (a possession or right or title or privilege etc.)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
forswearing
present participle of forswear
Noun
forswearing (plural forswearings)
The act of one who forswears.
Oh, by what plots, by what forswearings, betrayings, oppressions, imprisonments, tortures, poisonings, and under what reasons of state and politic subtilty, have these forenamed kings […] pulled the vengeance of God upon themselves […]
Source: Wiktionary
FORSWEAR
For*swear", v. t. [imp. Forswore; p. p. Forsworn; p. pr. & vb. n. Forswearing.] Etym: [OE. forsweren, forswerien, AS. forswerian; pref. for- + swerian to swear. See For-, and Swear, v. i.]
1. To reject or renounce upon oath; hence, to renounce earnestly, determinedly, or with protestations. I . . . do forswear her. Shak.
2. To deny upon oath. Like innocence, and as serenely bold As truth, how loudly he forswears thy gold! Dryden. To forswear one's self, to swear falsely; to peforswear thyself."
Syn.
– See Perjure.
For*swear", v. i.
Definition: To swear falsely; to commit perjury. Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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