Definition of swear

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Swear (v. i.) To give evidence on oath; as, to swear to the truth of a statement; he swore against the prisoner..

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Oath :: Oath (n.) A careless and blasphemous use of the name of the divine Being, or anything divine or sacred, by way of appeal or as a profane exclamation or ejaculation; an expression of profane swearing..
Imprecate :: Imprecate (v. t.) To invoke evil upon; to curse; to swear at.
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..
Sweat :: Swearing () a. & n. from Swear, v..
Swear :: Swear (v. t.) To declare or charge upon oath; as, he swore treason against his friend..
Curse :: Curse (v. i.) To utter imprecations or curses; to affirm or deny with imprecations; to swear.
Outswear :: Outswear (v. t.) To exceed in swearing.
Swear :: Swear (v. i.) 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..
Swarf :: Sware () imp. of Swear.
Forswear :: Forswear (v. i.) To deny upon oath.
Manswear :: Manswear (v. i.) To swear falsely. Same as Mainswear.
Swough :: Sworn () p. p. of Swear.
Mainswear :: Mainswear (v. i.) To swear falsely.
Nonjuring :: Nonjuring (a.) Not swearing allegiance; -- applied to the party in Great Britain that would not swear allegiance to William and Mary, or their successors..
Verge :: Verge (n.) The stick or wand with which persons were formerly admitted tenants, they holding it in the hand, and swearing fealty to the lord. Such tenants were called tenants by the verge..
Forswore :: Forswore () imp. of Forswear.
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..
Swearing :: Swearer (n.) A profane person; one who uses profane language.
Forswearer :: Forswearer (n.) One who rejects of renounces upon oath; one who swears a false oath.
Cojuror :: Cojuror (n.) One who swears to another's credibility.
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