sworn

[ swawrn, swohrn ]

/ swɔrn, swoʊrn /

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verb

past participle of swear.

adjective

having taken an oath: a duly elected and sworn official.

bound by or as if by an oath or pledge.

avowed; affirmed: He is my sworn enemy.

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How to use sworn in a sentence

But these must be proven under a signed and sworn statement and judged reasonable by the DOH.
No More Paper Prescriptions: Docs Fight Fraud by Going Electronic|Dale Eisinger|December 18, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Some secrets, it seems, must be kept even from elected representatives who could still be sworn to secrecy.
After Torture Report, Our Moral Authority As a Nation Is Gone|Nick Gillespie|December 11, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Her agency had to take her out of the country that very evening after it was made clear that the servant had sworn to kill her.
Afghanistan, We Hardly Knew You|Jonathan Foreman|December 8, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The capital of Chechnya, Grozny, was attacked Thursday by insurgents who may have sworn allegiance to ISIS.
Recession? Devaluation? Inflation? Putin Tells Russia Stay the Course.|Anna Nemtsova|December 4, 2014|DAILY BEAST

But this week, even as a new cabinet was sworn in, the Houthis showed no signs of honoring their commitment to demobilize.
Yemen’s a Model All Right—For Disaster|Michael Shank , Casey Harrity|November 14, 2014|DAILY BEAST
I could have sworn I heard a cry, and one of my men spoke in a tone that assured me my imagination had not been playing a trick.
Raw Gold|Bertrand W. Sinclair
Bondad sua, seor, I'll be sworn there is not one fit to tie the latchet of your shoe in the whole army.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 372, October 1846|Various
When the oath usually represented as promissory is sworn, a covenant with God is thereby made.
The Ordinance of Covenanting|John Cunningham
The oath is sworn to himself; but He, and those whom he hath vested with office, will demand the fulfilment of it.
The Ordinance of Covenanting|John Cunningham
When the oath is given to confirm an assertion, it is sworn in confirmation of a covenant with God.
The Ordinance of Covenanting|John Cunningham

British Dictionary definitions for sworn

sworn

/ (swɔːn) /

verb

the past participle of swear

adjective

bound, pledged, or made inveterate, by or as if by an oatha sworn statement; he was sworn to God

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