[Sửa]Depose, aver, asseverate, declare, insist, assert,solemnly affirm or state, testify, promise, take an oath,undertake, vow, avow, vouchsafe, warrant, pledge, give one'sword, agree: He swore he had not done any such thing.
[Sửa]Curse,blaspheme, imprecate, use profanity, utter profanities,execrate, Colloq cuss: Priscilla stopped her ears at the men'sswearing.
[Sửa]Swear by. trust (in), believe in, rely on, haveconfidence in, count on: The colonel swears by the same oldfountain-pen he has used for years and will use no other. 4swear off. forswear, renounce, abjure, go off, forgo, shun,avoid, give up, eschew, forsake, throw over: Brian tells mehe's sworn off alcohol for a while.
[Sửa]V. (past swore; past part. sworn) 1 tr. a (oftenfoll. by to + infin. or that + clause) state or promise solemnlyor on oath. b take (an oath).
[Sửa]Tr. colloq. say emphatically;insist (swore he had not seen it).
[Sửa]Tr. cause to take an oath(swore them to secrecy).
[Sửa]Intr. (often foll. by at) useprofane or indecent language, esp. as an expletive or fromanger.
[Sửa]Tr. (often foll. by against) make a sworn affirmationof (an offence) (swear treason against).
[Sửa]Intr. (foll. by by)a appeal to as a witness in taking an oath (swear by AlmightyGod). b colloq. have or express great confidence in (swears byyoga).
[Sửa]Intr. (foll. by to; usu. in neg.) admit the certaintyof (could not swear to it).
[Sửa]Intr. (foll. by at) colloq. (ofcolours etc.) fail to harmonize with.
[Sửa]Swear blind colloq. affirm emphatically. swear in induct intooffice etc. by administering an oath. swear off colloq.promise to abstain from (drink etc.). swear-word a profane orindecent word, esp. uttered as an expletive.
[Sửa]Swearer n. [OEswerian f. Gmc, rel. to ANSWER]