Oath
An oath — a binding word solemnly sworn — often touches dissension and altercation on waking, quarrels that find even the quiet. The dream may ask where a heavy commitment or declaration is stirring conflict, and whether the very act of binding yourself in words is summoning the dispute you'd hoped to settle.
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These are the entries the historical dream-books record for oath, in their own words. They are period voices, not predictions, and they do not always agree with one another.
Gustavus Hindman Miller, 1901
Whenever you take an oath in your dreams, prepare for dissension and altercations on waking.
Fontaine, 1862
To dream of taking a solemn oath before a magistrate, or in a court of justice, foretells quarreling and litigation: even if you are a timid and quiet person, such a dream promises that some one will quarrel with you.