swear

1 utter obscenities or profanities; "The drunken men were cursing loudly in the street" [syn: curse, cuss, blaspheme, imprecate]

2 to declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true; "Before God I swear I am innocent" [syn: affirm, verify, assert, avow, aver, swan]

3 promise solemnly; take an oath

4 make a deposition; declare under oath [syn: depose, depone]

5 have confidence or faith in; "We can trust in God"; "Rely on your friends"; "bank on your good education"; "I swear by my grandmother's recipes" [syn: trust, rely, bank] [ant: distrust, distrust] [also: sworn, swore]sworn adj

1 bound by or as if by an oath; "according to an early tradition became his sworn brother"; "sworn enemies" [syn: pledged]

2 bound by or stated on oath; "now my sworn friend and then mine enemy"- Shakespeare [ant: unsworn]sworn See swear

English

Pronunciation

• /'swoɻn/
• Rhymes: -ɔː(r)n

Adjective

sworn

1. Given under oath.

   His sworn statement convinced the judge.

Translations

Verb

sworn

1. past participle of swear

affianced, affirmed, alleged, announced, asserted, asseverated, assured, attested, averred, avouched, avowed, betrothed, bound, certified, committed, compromised, confirmed, contracted, declared, deep-dyed, deep-rooted, deep-seated, deposed, dyed-in-the-wool, engaged, entrenched, enunciated, guaranteed, intended, manifestoed, obligated, pledged, plighted, predicated, professed, promised, pronounced, settled, stated, sworn to, underwritten, vouched, vouched for, vowed, warranted