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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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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. 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..

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

Curse :: Curse (v. i.) To utter imprecations or curses; to affirm or deny with imprecations; to swear.

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

Forswore :: Forswore () imp. of Forswear.

Perjurer :: Perjurer (n.) One who is guilty of perjury; one who perjures or forswears, in any sense..

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..

Swarf :: Sware () imp. of Swear.

Sworn :: Swore () imp. of Swear.

Compurgator :: Compurgator (n.) One who bears testimony or swears to the veracity or innocence of another. See Purgation; also Wager of law, under Wager..

Cojuror :: Cojuror (n.) One who swears to another's credibility.

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..

Unswear :: Unswear (v. i.) To recall an oath.

Unswear :: Unswear (v. t.) To recant or recall, as an oath; to recall after having sworn; to abjure..

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

Forswear :: Forswear (v. i.) To deny upon oath.

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..

Perjury :: Perjury (v.) False swearing.