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

Swarf :: Sware () imp. of Swear.

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.

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

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..

Misswear :: Misswear (v. i.) To swear falsely.

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..

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..

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

Sworn :: Swore () imp. of Swear.

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

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

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

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..

Renounce :: Renounce (v. t.) To cast off or reject deliberately; to disown; to dismiss; to forswear.

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

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

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

Dejerate :: Dejerate (v. i.) To swear solemnly; to take an oath.

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