Definitions for swear

Definitions for (verb) swear

Main entry: swear, trust, rely, bank

Definition: have confidence or faith in

Usage: We can trust in God; Rely on your friends; bank on your good education; I swear by my grandmother's recipes


Main entry: blaspheme, curse, cuss, swear, imprecate

Definition: utter obscenities or profanities

Usage: The drunken men were cursing loudly in the street


Main entry: swear

Definition: promise solemnly; take an oath


Main entry: swan, swear, verify, affirm, assert, aver, avow

Definition: to declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true

Usage: Before God I swear I am innocent


Main entry: swear, depone, depose

Definition: make a deposition; declare under oath


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