- past tense form of swear.
Example Sentences
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And they waxed wroth against the High Priestess and said, Didst thou not sware, even unto seven times, that thou wouldst not call a snap election?
From The New Yorker ● Jun. 9, 2017
And I sware to him an oath that it should be as he said.”
From A Maid at King Alfred?s Court by Lucy Foster Madison
Then some tooke vp their hawkes in hast, 145 And some tooke vp their hounds; And some sware they wold not marry her, For citty nor for towne.
From English and Scottish Ballads, Volume I (of 8) by Various
A fly, the dear, little, social innocent, kant make me sware, not even an abreviated dam.
From The Complete Works of Josh Billings by Henry W. Shaw
And he sware unto him: and he sold his birthright unto Jacob.
From Heroes of Israel Text of the Hero Stories with Notes and Questions for Young Students by Theodore Gerald Soares
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