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a. [ Pref. a- + weary. ] Weary. [ Poetic ] “I begin to be aweary of thee.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. clothing to be worn at a beach. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. Extremely weary. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. attire to wear on formal occasions in the evening.
Syn. -- formalwear, evening dress, evening clothes. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. attire to wear on formal occasions in the evening.
Syn. -- eveningwear, evening dress, evening clothes. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

v. i. To swear falsely; to commit perjury. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. Forswore p. p. Forsworn p. pr. & vb. n. Forswearing. ] [ 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

I . . . do forswear her. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To deny upon oath. [ 1913 Webster ]

Like innocence, and as serenely bold
As truth, how loudly he forswears thy gold! Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

To forswear one's self, to swear falsely; to perjure one's self. “Thou shalt not forswear thyself.” Matt. v. 33.

Syn. -- See Perjure. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who rejects of renounces upon oath; one who swears a false oath. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To weary extremely; to dispirit. [ Obs. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. clothing for the hands, especially gloves. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. knitted clothing. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. Weary of living. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. withstanding long use without deterioration; resistant to damage.
Syn. -- durable. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

v. i. [ AS. mānswerian to forswear; mān sin, crime + swerian to swear. ] To swear falsely. [ Obs. ] Blount. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To swear falsely. Same as Mainswear. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To swear falsely. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To wear ill. [ Obs. ] Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A collective term for cravats, collars, etc. [ Colloq. or trade name ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. clothing for use outdoors.
Syn. -- overclothes. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

v. t. To exceed in swearing. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. 1. To wear out; to consume or destroy by wearing. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To last longer than; to outlast; as, this cloth will outwear the other. “If I the night outwear.” Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To weary out. Cowley. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To wear too much; to wear out. Drayton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Clothing worn over the ordinary indoor clothing, as overcoats, wraps, etc. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

v. t. To weary too much; to tire out. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Excessively weary; very tired; exhausted. [ PJC ]

v. i. [ imp. Swore formerly Sware p. p. Sworn p. pr. & vb. n. Swearing. ] [ OE. swerien, AS. swerian; akin to D. zweren, OS. swerian, OHG. swerien, G. schwören, Icel. sverja, Sw. svärja, Dan. svaerge, Icel. & Sw. svara to answer, Dan. svare, Dan. & Sw. svar an answer, Goth. swaran to swear, and perhaps to E. swarm. √177. Cf. Answer. ] 1. To affirm or utter a solemn declaration, with an appeal to God for the truth of what is affirmed; to make a promise, threat, or resolve on oath; also, to affirm solemnly by some sacred object, or one regarded as sacred, as the Bible, the Koran, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

Ye shall swear by my name falsely. Lev. xix. 12. [ 1913 Webster ]

I swear by all the Roman gods. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Law) To give evidence on oath; as, to swear to the truth of a statement; he swore against the prisoner. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To make an appeal to God in an irreverant manner; to use the name of God or sacred things profanely; to call upon God in imprecation; to curse. [ 1913 Webster ]

[ I ] swore little; diced not above seven times a week. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

To swear by, to place great confidence in a person or thing; to trust implicitly as an authority. “I simply meant to ask if you are one of those who swear by Lord Verulam.” Miss Edgeworth. --
To swear off, to make a solemn vow, or a serious resolution, to abstain from something; as, to swear off smoking. [ Slang ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. 1. To utter or affirm with a solemn appeal to God for the truth of the declaration; to make (a promise, threat, or resolve) under oath. [ 1913 Webster ]

Swear unto me here by God, that thou wilt not deal falsely with me. Gen. xxi. 23. [ 1913 Webster ]

He swore consent to your succession. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Law) To put to an oath; to cause to take an oath; to administer an oath to; -- ofetn followed by in or into; as, to swear witnesses; to swear a jury; to swear in an officer; he was sworn into office. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To declare or charge upon oath; as, he swore treason against his friend. Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To appeal to by an oath. [ 1913 Webster ]

Now, by Apollo, king,
Thou swear'st thy gods in vain. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

To swear the peace against one, to make oath that one is under the actual fear of death or bodily harm from the person, in which case the person must find sureties that he will keep the peace. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. One who swears; one who calls God to witness for the truth of his declaration. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A profane person; one who uses profane language. [ 1913 Webster ]

Then the liars and swearers are fools. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. & n. from Swear, v. [ 1913 Webster ]

Idle swearing is a cursedness. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. That which is worn under the outside clothing; underclothes. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ 1st pref. un- + swear. ] To recant or recall, as an oath; to recall after having sworn; to abjure. J. Fletcher. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To recall an oath. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Not wearied; not fatigued or tired; hence, persistent; not tiring or wearying; indefatigable. -- Un*wea"ried*ly, adv. -- Un*wea"ried*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ 1st pref. un- + weary. ] To cause to cease being weary; to refresh. [ Obs. ] Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

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n. Same as Weir. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ Cf. Veer. ] (Naut.) To cause to go about, as a vessel, by putting the helm up, instead of alee as in tacking, so that the vessel's bow is turned away from, and her stern is presented to, the wind, and, as she turns still farther, her sails fill on the other side; to veer. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. Wore p. p. Worn p. pr. & vb. n. Wearing. Before the 15th century wear was a weak verb, the imp. & p. p. being Weared. ] [ OE. weren, werien, AS. werian to carry, to wear, as arms or clothes; akin to OHG. werien, weren, to clothe, Goth. wasjan, L. vestis clothing, vestire to clothe, Gr. "enny`nai, Skr. vas. Cf. Vest.] [1913 Webster]

1. To carry or bear upon the person; to bear upon one's self, as an article of clothing, decoration, warfare, bondage, etc.; to have appendant to one's body; to have on; as, to wear a coat; to wear a shackle. [1913 Webster]

What compass will you wear your farthingale? Shak. [1913 Webster]

On her white breast a sparkling cross she wore,
Which Jews might kiss, and infidels adore. Pope. [1913 Webster]

2. To have or exhibit an appearance of, as an aspect or manner; to bear; as, she wears a smile on her countenance. “He wears the rose of youth upon him.” Shak. [1913 Webster]

His innocent gestures wear
A meaning half divine. Keble. [1913 Webster]

3. To use up by carrying or having upon one's self; hence, to consume by use; to waste; to use up; as, to wear clothes rapidly. [1913 Webster]

4. To impair, waste, or diminish, by continual attrition, scraping, percussion, on the like; to consume gradually; to cause to lower or disappear; to spend. [1913 Webster]

That wicked wight his days doth wear. Spenser. [1913 Webster]

The waters wear the stones. Job xiv. 19. [1913 Webster]

5. To cause or make by friction or wasting; as, to wear a channel; to wear a hole. [1913 Webster]

6. To form or shape by, or as by, attrition. [1913 Webster]

Trials wear us into a liking of what, possibly, in the first essay, displeased us. Locke. [1913 Webster]

To wear away, to consume; to impair, diminish, or destroy, by gradual attrition or decay. --
To wear off, to diminish or remove by attrition or slow decay; as, to wear off the nap of cloth. --
To wear on or
To wear upon, to wear. [Obs.] “[I] weared upon my gay scarlet gites [gowns.]” Chaucer. --
To wear out. (a) To consume, or render useless, by attrition or decay; as, to wear out a coat or a book. (b) To consume tediously. “To wear out miserable days.” Milton. (c) To harass; to tire. “[He] shall wear out the saints of the Most High.” Dan vii. 25. (d) To waste the strength of; as, an old man worn out in military service. --
To wear the breeches. See under Breeches. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster]

v. i. 1. To endure or suffer use; to last under employment; to bear the consequences of use, as waste, consumption, or attrition; as, a coat wears well or ill; -- hence, sometimes applied to character, qualifications, etc.; as, a man wears well as an acquaintance. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To be wasted, consumed, or diminished, by being used; to suffer injury, loss, or extinction by use or time; to decay, or be spent, gradually. “Thus wore out night.” Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

Away, I say; time wears. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Thou wilt surely wear away, both thou and this people that is with thee. Ex. xviii. 18. [ 1913 Webster ]

His stock of money began to wear very low. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

The family . . . wore out in the earlier part of the century. Beaconsfield. [ 1913 Webster ]

To wear off, to pass away by degrees; as, the follies of youth wear off with age. --
To wear on, to pass on; as, time wears on. G. Eliot. --
To wear weary, to become weary, as by wear, long occupation, tedious employment, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The act of wearing, or the state of being worn; consumption by use; diminution by friction; as, the wear of a garment. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The thing worn; style of dress; the fashion. [ 1913 Webster ]

Motley 's the only wear. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. The result of wearing or use; consumption, diminution, or impairment due to use, friction, or the like; as, the wear of this coat has been good. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

Wear and tear, the loss by wearing, as of machinery in use; the loss or injury to which anything is subjected by use, accident, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. [ OE. wer, AS. wer; akin to G. wehr, AS. werian to defend, protect, hinder, G. wehren, Goth. warjan; and perhaps to E. wary; or cf. Skr. v&rsdot_; to check, hinder. √142. Cf. Garret. ] 1. A dam in a river to stop and raise the water, for the purpose of conducting it to a mill, forming a fish pond, or the like. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A fence of stakes, brushwood, or the like, set in a stream, tideway, or inlet of the sea, for taking fish. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A long notch with a horizontal edge, as in the top of a vertical plate or plank, through which water flows, -- used in measuring the quantity of flowing water. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Capable of being worn; suitable to be worn. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. One who wears or carries as appendant to the body; as, the wearer of a cloak, a sword, a crown, a shackle, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

Cowls, hoods, and habits, with their wearers, tossed,
And fluttered into rags. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. That which wastes or diminishes. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. That may be wearied. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Abounding in qualities which cause weariness; wearisome. -- Wea"ri*ful*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]

a. Incapable of being wearied. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a weary manner. [ 1913 Webster ]