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swear
[ swair ]
/ swɛər /
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verb (used without object), swore [swawr, swohr] /swɔr, swoʊr/ or (Archaic) sware [swair]; /swɛər/; sworn [swawrn, swohrn]; /swɔrn, swoʊrn/; swear·ing.
verb (used with object), swore [swawr, swohr] /swɔr, swoʊr/ or (Archaic) sware [swair]; /swɛər/; sworn [swawrn, swohrn]; /swɔrn, swoʊrn/; swear·ing.
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Origin of swear
First recorded before 900; Middle English sweren, Old English swerian; cognate with German schwören, Old Norse sverja; akin to Gothic swaran “to swear”; see answer
synonym study for swear
4. See curse.
OTHER WORDS FROM swear
swearer, nounswear·ing·ly, adverbre·swear, verb, re·swore, re·sworn, re·swear·ing.Words nearby swear
Swaziland, Swazi Territory, swazzle, SWbS, SWbW, swear, swear at, swear by, swear in, swearing-in, swear jar
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British Dictionary definitions for swear
swear
/ (swɛə) /
verb swears, swearing, swore or sworn
noun
a period of swearing
Derived forms of swear
swearer, nounWord Origin for swear
Old English swerian; related to Old Norse sverja, Gothic swaran, Old Frisian swera, German schwören
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