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verb-intransitive. To make a solemn declaration, invoking a deity or a sacred person or thing, in confirmation of and witness to the honesty or truth of such a declaration.

verb-intransitive. To make a solemn promise; vow.

verb-intransitive. To use profane oaths; curse.

verb-intransitive. Law To give evidence or testimony under oath.

v. To declare or affirm solemnly by invoking a deity or a sacred person or thing.

v. To promise or pledge with a solemn oath; vow: He swore his oath of allegiance to the queen. See Synonyms at promise.

v. To utter or bind oneself to (an oath).

v. Law To administer a legal oath to: All the witnesses have been sworn.

v. To say or affirm earnestly and with great conviction.

n. A swearword.

phrasal-verb. swear at To use abusive, violent, or blasphemous language against; curse.

phrasal-verb. swear by To have great reliance on or confidence in: He swears by his personal physician.

phrasal-verb. swear by To have reliable knowledge of; be sure of: I think she left early, but I couldn't swear by it.

phrasal-verb. swear by To take an oath by: He swore by all the angels and saints of heaven.

phrasal-verb. swear in To administer a legal or official oath to: swear in a mayor.

phrasal-verb. swear off Informal To pledge to renounce or give up: She has sworn off cigarettes.

phrasal-verb. swear out Law To obtain (a warrant for arrest) by making a charge under oath.

n. A swearword.

v. (transitive) To take an oath.

v. To use offensive language.

adj. Heavy.

adj. Top-heavy; too high.

adj. Dull; heavy; lazy; slow; reluctant; unwilling.

adj. Niggardly.

adj. A lazy time; a short rest during working hours (especially field labour); a siesta.

v. To be lazy; rest for a short while during working hours.

verb-intransitive. 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.

verb-intransitive. To give evidence on oath.

verb-intransitive. 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.

v. 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.

v. To put to an oath; to cause to take an oath; to administer an oath to; -- ofetn followed by in or into.

v. To declare or charge upon oath.

v. To appeal to by an oath.

To affirm or utter a solemn declaration, with an appeal to God or to some superhuman being in confirmation of what is affirmed; declare or affirm something in a solemn manner by some sacred being or object, as the Bible or the Koran.

To promise something upon oath; vow; make a promise in a solemn manner.

To give evidence or make any statement on oath or with an oath; also, to declare solemnly, without an oath, as to the truth of something.

To use profane language; be profane; practise profaneness; use the name or names of God irreverently in common conversation; utter profane oaths; curse.

To be incongruous or inharmonious (with): followed by at: often said of colors.

To utter or affirm with a solemn appeal to God, a divinity, or something held to be sacred for the truth of the declaration: as, to swear an oath.

To promise in a solemn manner; vow.

To put to an oath; cause to take an oath; bind by an oath: as, to swear witnesses in court; to swear a jury.

To declare or charge upon oath: as, to swear treason against a man.

To appeal to by an oath; call to witness.

To utter in a profane manner.

n. An oath.

See sweer.

v. utter obscenities or profanities

v. have confidence or faith in

v. to declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true

v. promise solemnly; take an oath

v. make a deposition; declare under oath

"Now thats what I call a swear word he must have been a brave lad and New that Brownie would use it."

swearing    swears    swore    sworn   

verbalise    give tongue to    express    verbalize    utter    vow    declare   

promise    to swear the peace against one    to swear off    to swear in    to swear by   

swore    sworn   

curse    swearword   

Adair    Aer    Altair    Astaire    Ayre    Baer    Bear    Blair    Cher    Clair   

profanity    drunkenness    blasphemy    imprecation    oath    licentiousness    curse    uproar    yell    lewdness