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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Swear :: Swear (v. i.) To give evidence on oath; as, to swear to the truth of a statement; he swore against the prisoner..
Perjurer :: Perjurer (n.) One who is guilty of perjury; one who perjures or forswears, in any sense..
Forswear :: Forswear (v. i.) To deny upon oath.
Swear :: Swearing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Swea.
Compurgator :: Compurgator (n.) One who bears testimony or swears to the veracity or innocence of another. See Purgation; also Wager of law, under Wager..
Mainswear :: Mainswear (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..
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..
Manswear :: Manswear (v. i.) To swear falsely. Same as Mainswear.
Ban :: Ban (v. i.) To curse; to swear.
Forswear :: Forswear (v. i.) To swear falsely; to commit perjury.
Swearing :: Swearer (n.) A profane person; one who uses profane language.
Swearer :: Swearer (n.) One who swears; one who calls God to witness for the truth of his declaration.
Misswear :: Misswear (v. i.) To swear falsely.
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..
Miswear :: Miswear (v. t.) To wear ill.
Forsworn :: Forsworn () p. p. of Forswear.
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..
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..
Curse :: Curse (v. i.) To utter imprecations or curses; to affirm or deny with imprecations; to swear.
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