Definition of swear

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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.

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Forswore :: Forswore () imp. of Forswear.
Mainswear :: Mainswear (v. i.) To swear falsely.
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..
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..
Forswear :: Forswear (v. i.) To swear falsely; to commit perjury.
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..
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..
Forswear :: Forswear (v. i.) To deny upon oath.
Renounce :: Renounce (v. t.) To cast off or reject deliberately; to disown; to dismiss; to forswear.
Swear :: Swear (v. i.) To give evidence on oath; as, to swear to the truth of a statement; he swore against the prisoner..
Curse :: Curse (v. i.) To utter imprecations or curses; to affirm or deny with imprecations; to swear.
Forsworn :: Forsworn () p. p. of Forswear.
Sworn :: Swore () imp. of Swear.
Forswearing :: Forswearing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Forswea.
Ban :: Ban (v. i.) To curse; to swear.
Outswear :: Outswear (v. t.) To exceed in swearing.
Forswearer :: Forswearer (n.) One who rejects of renounces upon oath; one who swears a false oath.
Swearer :: Swear (v. t.) To appeal to by an oath.
Marry :: Marry (interj.) Indeed ! in truth ! -- a term of asseveration said to have been derived from the practice of swearing by the Virgin Mary.
Unswear :: Unswear (v. t.) To recant or recall, as an oath; to recall after having sworn; to abjure..
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