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Definition of swear

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Swear (v. t.) To put to an oath; to cause to take an oath; to administer an oath to; -- ofetn followed by in or into; as, to swear witnesses; to swear a jury; to swear in an officer; he was sworn into office..

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Swear :: Swear (v. t.) To declare or charge upon oath; as, he swore treason against his friend..

Conjurator :: Conjurator (n.) One who swears or is sworn with others; one bound by oath with others; a compurgator.

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

Ban :: Ban (v. i.) To curse; to swear.

Forswearing :: Forswearing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Forswea.

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.

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..

Swearer :: Swear (v. t.) To appeal to by an oath.

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..

Marry :: Marry (interj.) Indeed ! in truth ! -- a term of asseveration said to have been derived from the practice of swearing by the Virgin Mary.

Forswear :: Forswear (v. i.) To swear falsely; to commit perjury.

Outswear :: Outswear (v. t.) To exceed in swearing.

Swough :: Sworn () p. p. of Swear.

Miswear :: Miswear (v. t.) To wear ill.

Forswear :: Forswear (v. i.) To reject or renounce upon oath; hence, to renounce earnestly, determinedly, or with protestations..

Imprecate :: Imprecate (v. t.) To invoke evil upon; to curse; to swear at.

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..

Manswear :: Manswear (v. i.) To swear falsely. Same as Mainswear.

Dejeration :: Dejeration (n.) The act of swearing solemnly.

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..