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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Perjury :: Perjury (v.) False swearing.
Cojuror :: Cojuror (n.) One who swears to another's credibility.
Imprecate :: Imprecate (v. t.) To invoke evil upon; to curse; to swear at.
Swearing :: Swearer (n.) A profane person; one who uses profane language.
Outswear :: Outswear (v. t.) To exceed in swearing.
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..
Ban :: Ban (v. i.) To curse; to swear.
Swearer :: Swear (v. t.) To appeal to by an oath.
Manswear :: Manswear (v. i.) To swear falsely. Same as Mainswear.
Swarf :: Sware () imp. of Swear.
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..
Forswore :: Forswore () imp. of Forswear.
Forswear :: Forswear (v. i.) To deny upon oath.
Curse :: Curse (v. i.) To utter imprecations or curses; to affirm or deny with imprecations; to swear.
Swear :: Swear (v. t.) To declare or charge upon oath; as, he swore treason against his friend..
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..
Misswear :: Misswear (v. i.) To swear falsely.
Swear :: Swear (v. i.) To give evidence on oath; as, to swear to the truth of a statement; he swore against the prisoner..
Swough :: Sworn () p. p. of Swear.
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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