Definition of swear

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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..

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Swough :: Sworn () p. p. of 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.
Forswear :: Forswear (v. i.) To deny upon oath.
Dejeration :: Dejeration (n.) The act of swearing solemnly.
Unswear :: Unswear (v. i.) To recall an oath.
Forswore :: Forswore () imp. of Forswear.
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. t.) To declare or charge upon oath; as, he swore treason against his friend..
Forswear :: Forswear (v. i.) To reject or renounce upon oath; hence, to renounce earnestly, determinedly, or with protestations..
Dejerate :: Dejerate (v. i.) To swear solemnly; to take an oath.
Swarf :: Sware () imp. of Swear.
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..
Swearer :: Swear (v. t.) To appeal to by an oath.
Imprecate :: Imprecate (v. t.) To invoke evil upon; to curse; to swear at.
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..
Miswear :: Miswear (v. t.) To wear ill.
Forsworn :: Forsworn () p. p. of Forswear.
Compurgator :: Compurgator (n.) One who bears testimony or swears to the veracity or innocence of another. See Purgation; also Wager of law, under Wager..
Forswearer :: Forswearer (n.) One who rejects of renounces upon oath; one who swears a false 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..
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