Definition of swear

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Swearing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Swea.

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Curse :: Curse (v. i.) To utter imprecations or curses; to affirm or deny with imprecations; to swear.
Forswear :: Forswear (v. i.) To deny upon oath.
Manswear :: Manswear (v. i.) To swear falsely. Same as Mainswear.
Perjure :: Perjure (v. t.) To cause to violate an oath or a vow; to cause to make oath knowingly to what is untrue; to make guilty of perjury; to forswear; to corrupt; -- often used reflexively; as, he perjured himself..
Abjuration :: Abjuration (n.) 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..
Cojuror :: Cojuror (n.) One who swears to another's credibility.
Swear :: Swearing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Swea.
Forswearing :: Forswearing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Forswea.
Swear :: Swear (v. t.) 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..
Swear :: Swear (v. t.) 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..
Outswear :: Outswear (v. t.) To exceed in swearing.
Swear :: Swear (v. t.) To declare or charge upon oath; as, he swore treason against his friend..
Misswear :: Misswear (v. i.) To swear falsely.
Abjure :: Abjure (v. t.) To renounce upon oath; to forswear; to disavow; as, to abjure allegiance to a prince. To abjure the realm, is to swear to abandon it forever..
Compurgator :: Compurgator (n.) One who bears testimony or swears to the veracity or innocence of another. See Purgation; also Wager of law, under Wager..
Perjurer :: Perjurer (n.) One who is guilty of perjury; one who perjures or forswears, in any sense..
Dejeration :: Dejeration (n.) The act of swearing solemnly.
Forswear :: Forswear (v. i.) To swear falsely; to commit perjury.
Swough :: Sworn () p. p. of Swear.
Swarf :: Sware () imp. of Swear.
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