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

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

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

Perjury :: Perjury (v.) False 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..

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..

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

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..

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.

Forswearer :: Forswearer (n.) One who rejects of renounces upon oath; one who swears a false oath.

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..

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

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

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

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..

Sworn :: Swore () imp. of Swear.

Swearer :: Swearer (n.) One who swears; one who calls God to witness for the truth of his declaration.

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

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

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..