Crossword clues for swore
swore
- Gave a damn?
- Declared under oath
- Used foul language
- Talked like a sailor, stereotypically
- Talked like a sailor
- Said some bad words
- Said "#@$%!"
- Said "!!"
- Risked an FCC fine
- Promised solemnly
- Promised emphatically
- Made an oath
- Affirmed solemnly
- Was bleeped on TV
- Used some bleeped language
- Used profanities
- Used indelicate language
- Used curse words
- Used bad language
- Testified under oath
- Talked X-ratedly?
- Spewed obscenities
- Said a four-letter word
- Said "!@#$%"
- Risked being censored
- Locked pinkies, say
- Insisted absolutely
- Gave earnest assurances
- Dropped an F-Bomb
- Delivered an oath?
- Declared on a stack of Bibles
- Caused a bleep
- Affirmed on oath
- ___ off (relinquished)
- Gave an oath
- Vowed
- Prepared to testify
- Used colorful language
- Talked impolitely
- Talked a blue streak?
- Made a statement on a stack of Bibles?
- Cursed
- Bore witness (to)
- Promised to tell the truth
- Said with one's hand on a stack of Bibles
- Gave a deposition
- Broke a Commandment
- Pledged sacredly
- Affirmed forcefully
- Turned the air blue
- Pledged solemnly
- Took an oath in court
- Said "!*!*"
- Gave up, with "off"
- ___ off (kicked a habit)
- Made a promise
- Attested
- Vowed southwest will get valuable mineral
- King overwhelmed with sadness after son blinded
- Did this, being annoyed about wife
- Gave one's word
- Used inelegant language
- Used four-letter words
- Crossed one's heart, e.g
- Risked getting bleeped
- Gave testimony
- Made a vow
- Made a solemn declaration
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Swear \Swear\, v. i. [imp. Swore, formerly Sware; p. p. Sworn; p. pr. & vb. n. Swearing.] [OE. swerien, AS. swerian; akin to D. zweren, OS. swerian, OHG. swerien, G. schw["o]ren, Icel. sverja, Sw. sv["a]rja, Dan. sv[ae]rge, Icel. & Sw. svara to answer, Dan. svare, Dan. & Sw. svar an answer, Goth. swaran to swear, and perhaps to E. swarm.
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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.
Ye shall swear by my name falsely.
--Lev. xix. 1 -
I swear by all the Roman gods.
--Shak.2. (Law) To give evidence on oath; as, to swear to the truth of a statement; he swore against the prisoner.
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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.
[I] swore little; diced not above seven times a week.
--Shak.To swear by, to place great confidence in a person or thing; to trust implicitly as an authority. ``I simply meant to ask if you are one of those who swear by Lord Verulam.''
--Miss Edgeworth.To swear off, to make a solemn vow, or a serious resolution, to abstain from something; as, to swear off smoking. [Slang]
Swore \Swore\, imp. of Swear.
Wiktionary
vb. (en-simple pastswear)
WordNet
v. utter obscenities or profanities; "The drunken men were cursing loudly in the street" [syn: curse, cuss, blaspheme, imprecate]
to declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true; "Before God I swear I am innocent" [syn: affirm, verify, assert, avow, aver, swan]
promise solemnly; take an oath
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" [syn: trust, rely, bank] [ant: distrust, distrust]
See swear