Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - swayback
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~ n C usually singular AmE a condition in which your back curves inward too much swear, v past tense swore, past participle sworn 1 »OFFENSIVE LANGUAGE« to use offensive language, especially because you are angry (Don't swear in front of the children.) + a (Rich tripped over the dog and swore at it.) swear like a trooper (=use very offensive language) 2 »SERIOUS PROMISE« to make a very serious promise (swear to do sth) (Mona swore never to return home. | swear (that)) (Victor swore he would get his revenge.) + on/by (Do you swear on your honour never to tell anyone?) 3 »PUBLIC PROMISE« to make a public official promise, especially in a court of law + on (Witnesses have to swear on the Bible.) swear an oath (Before giving evidence you have to swear an oath to tell the truth. | swear allegiance) (Presidents must swear allegiance to the US constitution.) 4 »STATE THE TRUTH« informal to say that what you have said is the truth (swear (that)) (He says he was there all the time, but I swear I never saw him. | swear blind (that) informal (=used to emphasize you are telling the truth)) (She swore blind that she had never met the man. | I could have sworn (that) informal (=I was almost certain)) (I could have sworn I left the keys on that table. | swear to God) (I never touched her I swear to God.) 5 swear sb to secrecy/silence to make someone promise not to tell anyone what you have told them swear by sth phr v informal to have great confidence in the effectiveness of something (He swears by vitamin C pills, and says he never gets ill.) swear sb in phr v T usually passive 1 to make someone promise publicly to be loyal to a country, official job etc (The new governor was sworn in. | the swearing-in ceremony) 2 to make someone give an official promise in a court of law (The jury had to be sworn in first.) swear off sth phr v to promise to stop doing something that is bad for you (I'm swearing off alcohol after last night!) swear to phr v not swear to (doing) sth to be unwilling to say that...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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