Definition of swear

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Swearing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Swea.

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Swear :: Swear (v. t.) 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..
Swearer :: Swearer (n.) One who swears; one who calls God to witness for the truth of his declaration.
Swearing :: Swearer (n.) A profane person; one who uses profane language.
Dejeration :: Dejeration (n.) The act of swearing solemnly.
Manswear :: Manswear (v. i.) To swear falsely. Same as Mainswear.
Cojuror :: Cojuror (n.) One who swears to another's credibility.
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 swear falsely; to commit perjury.
Swear :: Swear (v. i.) To give evidence on oath; as, to swear to the truth of a statement; he swore against the prisoner..
Miswear :: Miswear (v. t.) To wear ill.
Sweat :: Swearing () a. & n. from Swear, v..
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..
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..
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..
Conjurator :: Conjurator (n.) One who swears or is sworn with others; one bound by oath with others; a compurgator.
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..
Dejerate :: Dejerate (v. i.) To swear solemnly; to take an oath.
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..
Imprecate :: Imprecate (v. t.) To invoke evil upon; to curse; to swear at.
Misswear :: Misswear (v. i.) To swear falsely.
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