Definition of swear

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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..

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Swearer :: Swear (v. t.) To appeal to by an oath.
Forswear :: Forswear (v. i.) To reject or renounce upon oath; hence, to renounce earnestly, determinedly, or with protestations..
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..
Outswear :: Outswear (v. t.) To exceed in swearing.
Forsworn :: Forsworn () p. p. of Forswear.
Swear :: Swear (v. t.) To declare or charge upon oath; as, he swore treason against his friend..
Manswear :: Manswear (v. i.) To swear falsely. Same as Mainswear.
Perjurer :: Perjurer (n.) One who is guilty of perjury; one who perjures or forswears, in any sense..
Miswear :: Miswear (v. t.) To wear ill.
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..
Forswear :: Forswear (v. i.) To deny upon oath.
Forswearing :: Forswearing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Forswea.
Forswear :: Forswear (v. i.) To swear falsely; to commit perjury.
Misswear :: Misswear (v. i.) To swear falsely.
Profane :: Profane (a.) Irreverent in language; taking the name of God in vain; given to swearing; blasphemous; as, a profane person, word, oath, or tongue..
Swarf :: Sware () imp. of Swear.
Perjury :: Perjury (v.) False 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..
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..
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