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Swear   /swɛr/   Listen
verb
Swear  v. t.  (past swore, formerly sware; past part. sworn; pres. part. swearing)  
1.
To utter or affirm with a solemn appeal to God for the truth of the declaration; to make (a promise, threat, or resolve) under oath. "Swear unto me here by God, that thou wilt not deal falsely with me." "He swore consent to your succession."
2.
(Law) 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.
3.
To declare or charge upon oath; as, he swore treason against his friend.
4.
To appeal to by an oath. "Now, by Apollo, king, Thou swear'st thy gods in vain."
To swear the peace against one, to make oath that one is under the actual fear of death or bodily harm from the person, in which case the person must find sureties that he will keep the peace.


Swear  v. i.  (past swore, formerly sware; past part. sworn; pres. part. swearing)  
1.
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. "Ye shall swear by my name falsely." "I swear by all the Roman gods."
2.
(Law) To give evidence on oath; as, to swear to the truth of a statement; he swore against the prisoner.
3.
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. "(I) swore little; diced not above seven times a week."
To swear by, to place great confidence in a person or thing; to trust implicitly as an authority. "I simply meant to ask if you are one of those who swear by Lord Verulam."
To swear off, to make a solemn vow, or a serious resolution, to abstain from something; as, to swear off smoking. (Slang)





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"Swear" Quotes from Famous Books



... so, as 'better late than never' is my rule, I have just been casting an eye over all the craft; if this is not the tightest and fastest rowing clipper of them all, then am I no judge; and yet the parish priest would tell you, if he were here, that my father was a boat-builder, ay, and swear it too; that is to say, if you paid him well for ...
— The Red Rover • James Fenimore Cooper
... about the gas and water and the rest of it, and next day he gave me all the receipts. It was one night after I'd dined with him at his club, and I was a bit primed. I thought it was very noble of him then, but when I saw it all I did nothing but curse and swear. It was nearly the death of a patient at Guy's, for I forget what I was about. Hang it, Rich dear! don't look ...
— The Bag of Diamonds • George Manville Fenn
... of God and of you, because I know you to be manly, energetic, and courageous. I appeal to you to help me avenge the death of my husband by punishing his assassins. I am a woman. Vengeance cannot be wreaked by my own hand. For this reason I inform you, and swear to you, by the one Almighty God, that to whosoever shall capture and deliver to the authorities at El-Qued, at Ouargia, or at El-Goleah one of my husband's assassins I will give 1000 douros ($750), 2000 douros for two ...
— Roosevelt in the Bad Lands • Hermann Hagedorn
... I saw them. He was in great spirits about his luck. He is the luckiest fellow in the merchant service. Now, if I had picked up two people that way, it would have been two old men. But he gets a couple of lovely ladies; that's the way the world goes. The ladies made me pretty nigh swear that I'd never set foot on shore till I found you. I would have been glad enough to stay there all day and make promises to those women; but my time was short, and I had to leave them to Captain Guy. So I did keep a lookout for the Sparhawk, ...
— The Rudder Grangers Abroad and Other Stories • Frank R. Stockton
... though! Why, Peter, I tell you he would swear there was a mutiny, and knock me overboard," answered the poor mate in a ...
— Peter Trawl - The Adventures of a Whaler • W. H. G. Kingston


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