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1. Bound by or as if by an oath
   "sworn enemies"; "according to an early tradition became his sworn brother";
   - pledged
    
2. Bound by or stated on oath
   "now my sworn friend and then mine enemy"

1. Utter obscenities or profanities
   "The drunken men were swearing loudly in the street";
   - curse, cuss, blaspheme, imprecate, eff [Brit], eff and blind [Brit]
    
2. To declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true
   "Before God I swear I am innocent";
   - affirm, verify, assert, avow, aver, swan
    
3. Promise solemnly; take an oath
    
4. Make a deposition; declare under oath
   - depose, depone
    
5. Have confidence or faith in
   "I swear by my grandmother's recipes";
   - trust, rely, bank

See also: bound, committed, swear off

Type of: believe, declare, express, give tongue to, pronounce, utter, verbalise [Brit], verbalize, vow

Antonym: unsworn

Encyclopedia: Swear