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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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Sworn :: Swore () imp. of Swear.

Swarf :: Sware () imp. of Swear.

Swearing :: Swearer (n.) A profane person; one who uses profane language.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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..

Forsworn :: Forsworn () p. p. of Forswear.

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..

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

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

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..

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..