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By jove

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Intj
  1. 1
    Invocation of the Roman god Jupiter. obsolete

    "By Jove, master marchant, by sea or by land / Would get but smale argent if I did not stand / His very good master, I may say to you, / When he hazards in hope what hap will insue."

  2. 2
    minced oath for by God, Jove referring to Jupiter. British, dated

    "By Jove, I always took three threes for nine."

Etymology

From Latin pro Iovem. Ellipsis of a full oath of the form "I swear by Jove that…" Originally a literal oath; later a minced oath.

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