Definitions for sware
sware
sware
Spelling: [swair]
IPA: /swɛər/
Sware is a 5 letter English word.
It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points.
It's valid Words with friends word worth 8 points.
You can make 71 anagrams from letters in sware (aersw).
Definitions for sware
verb
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simple past tense of swear.
Verb phrases
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swear by,
to name (a sacred being or thing) as one's witness or guarantee in swearing.
Informal. to have great confidence in; rely on:
to have certain knowledge of:
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swear in, to admit to office or service by administering an oath:
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swear off, to promise or resolve to give up something, especially intoxicating beverages.
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swear out, to secure (a warrant for arrest) by making an accusation under oath.
verb (used with object)
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to declare, affirm, attest, etc., by swearing by a deity, some sacred object, etc.
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to affirm, assert, or say with solemn earnestness.
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to promise or undertake on oath or in a solemn manner; vow.
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to testify or state on oath:
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to take (an oath), as in order to give solemnity or force to a declaration, promise, etc.
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to bind by an oath:
verb (used without object)
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to make a solemn declaration or affirmation by some sacred being or object, as a deity or the Bible.
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to bind oneself by oath.
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to give evidence or make a statement on oath.
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to use profane oaths or language:
Origin of sware
before 900; Middle English sweren, Old English swerian; cognate with German schwören, Old Norse sverja; akin to Gothic swaran to swear; see answer
Examples for sware
Let them that sware the oath to Tyndareus go with thee on this errand.
I bartered her for gifts, and Ixion withholds the wealth which he sware to give.
Not content with passing his word to Shimei, "he sware unto him."
And they sware both of them that they would fight for their master to the death.
Then she fell bethinking her She will try her true lover If he love her as he sware.
Then was Fulgentius right glad, and sware to him that he would do by his counsel.
And to whom sware He that they should not enter into His rest, but to them that were disobedient?
Of the oath Gawain sware to the King, and how he rode forth to seek the Grail.
In the lowest depths and loftiest heights of my own soul I sware, and He heard it.
She answered and sayd to her husbande: than eate you the candell: for you sware fyrste.