Definition of swear

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Swear (v. i.) 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.

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Mainswear :: Mainswear (v. i.) To swear falsely.
Miswear :: Miswear (v. t.) To wear ill.
Ban :: Ban (v. i.) To curse; to swear.
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..
Dejeration :: Dejeration (n.) The act of swearing solemnly.
Unswear :: Unswear (v. i.) To recall an oath.
Dejerate :: Dejerate (v. i.) To swear solemnly; to take an oath.
Sworn :: Swore () imp. of Swear.
Forswearer :: Forswearer (n.) One who rejects of renounces upon oath; one who swears a false oath.
Compurgator :: Compurgator (n.) One who bears testimony or swears to the veracity or innocence of another. See Purgation; also Wager of law, under Wager..
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..
Swearer :: Swearer (n.) One who swears; one who calls God to witness for the truth of his declaration.
Conjurator :: Conjurator (n.) One who swears or is sworn with others; one bound by oath with others; a compurgator.
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..
Forswear :: Forswear (v. i.) To deny upon oath.
Cojuror :: Cojuror (n.) One who swears to another's credibility.
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..
Perjurer :: Perjurer (n.) One who is guilty of perjury; one who perjures or forswears, in any sense..
Manswear :: Manswear (v. i.) To swear falsely. Same as Mainswear.
Swear :: Swear (v. i.) 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.
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