What does swear mean?
Definitions for swear
swɛərswear
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Princeton's WordNet
curse, cuss, blaspheme, swear, imprecate(verb)
utter obscenities or profanities
"The drunken men were cursing loudly in the street"
affirm, verify, assert, avow, aver, swan, swear(verb)
to declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true
"Before God I swear I am innocent"
swear(verb)
promise solemnly; take an oath
swear, depose, depone(verb)
make a deposition; declare under oath
trust, swear, rely, bank(verb)
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"
Webster Dictionary
Swear(verb)
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
Swear(verb)
to give evidence on oath; as, to swear to the truth of a statement; he swore against the prisoner
Swear(verb)
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
Swear(verb)
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
Swear(verb)
to put to an oath; to cause to take an oath; to administer an oath to; -- ofetn followed by in or into; as, to swear witnesses; to swear a jury; to swear in an officer; he was sworn into office
Swear(verb)
to declare or charge upon oath; as, he swore treason against his friend
Swear(verb)
to appeal to by an oath
Origin: [OE. swerien, AS. swerian; akin to D. zweren, OS. swerian, OHG. swerien, G. schwren, Icel. sverja, Sw. svrja, Dan. svaerge, Icel. & Sw. svara to answer, Dan. svare, Dan. & Sw. svar an answer, Goth. swaran to swear, and perhaps to E. swarm. 177. Cf. Answer.]
Freebase
Swear
"Swear" was a 1980s pop song by Tim Scott McConnell and released by Sire Records in 1983. The music video to promote the song was a campy/tongue-in-cheek music video of a hippy-based pagan/black mass set in a church. The stylized music video is seemingly a parody of late 1960s to early 1970s hippy horror movies. A bio [link below] from the Tim Scott website states with respect to the "Swear" song that: "This was my young and confused record...I wrote the songs over a couple of weeks on a little Casio keyboard...Sire heard it and offered me a deal...no use appologising for such a thing...my mistake... the good part of it was working with Richard Gottehrer ...really took me under his wing...shame we were working on the wrong kind of music.." "Swear" was covered by Sheena Easton for her 1984 album A Private Heaven. It reached #80 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart the following year.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Swear
swār, v.i. to affirm, calling God to witness: to give evidence on oath: to utter the name of God or of sacred things profanely.—v.t. to utter, calling God to witness: to administer an oath to: to declare on oath:—pa.t. swōre; pa.p. sworn.—n. Swear′er.—Swear at, to aim profanity at: to be very incongruous with, esp. in colour; Swear by, to put complete confidence in; Swear in, to inaugurate by oath; Swear off, to renounce, promise to give up. [A.S. swerian; Dut. zweren, Ger. schwören.]
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Written Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'swear' in Written Corpus Frequency: #2970
Verbs Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'swear' in Verbs Frequency: #661
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of swear in Chaldean Numerology is: 8
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of swear in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3
Examples of swear in a Sentence
I swear to God it was hilarious.
I swear to God, it was a mistake.
I don't wear a toupee. It's my hair, I swear.
When angry, count four; when very angry, swear.
Odds life! must one swear to the truth of a song?
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- حلف, شتم, أقسمArabic
- псувам, заклевам сеBulgarian
- jurarCatalan, Valencian
- klít, přísahatCzech
- rhegi, tyngu, melltithioWelsh
- sværgeDanish
- schimpfen, schwören, fluchenGerman
- βρίζω, ορκίζομαιGreek
- ĵuri, sakriEsperanto
- maldecir, blasfemar, renegar, jurar, [[echar]] [[terno]]sSpanish
- سوگند خوردن, دشنام دادنPersian
- vannoa, kiroillaFinnish
- banna, svørja, blótaFaroese
- gronder, jurerFrench
- xurarGalician
- נשבעHebrew
- esküszik, szitkozódik, káromkodikHungarian
- երդվել, երդվեցնել, հայհոյելArmenian
- sverja, blótaIcelandic
- giurare, insultare, bestemmiareItalian
- 契る, 怒鳴る, 誓う, ののしる, 悪態Japanese
- 맹세, 욕을Korean
- سوێن خواردن, جوێن دانKurdish
- iūroLatin
- пцуе, се колнеMacedonian
- naħlefMaltese
- sverte, sverge, banneNorwegian
- zweren, een eed afleggen, vloekenDutch
- sverja, banna, sverte, sverje, banne, svertaNorwegian Nynorsk
- jurarOccitan
- przeklinać, zaklinać, przysięgać, przyrzekać, kląćPolish
- praguejar, xingar, jurarPortuguese
- jura, înjuraRomanian
- вы́ругаться, присяга́ть, матери́ться, присягну́ть, руга́ться, кля́сться, покля́сться, брани́ться, скверносло́витьRussian
- giurài, zurare, giurareSardinian
- svära, svärjaSwedish
- yaminiSwahili
- சத்தியம்Tamil
- ఒట్టు పెట్టు, ప్రమాణం చేయుTelugu
- küfretmek, ant içmek, yemin etmek, sövmekTurkish
- thềVietnamese
- djurerWalloon
- 发誓Chinese
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