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Hasil cari dari kata atau frase: swore (0.01047 detik)
Found 2 items, similar to swore.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: swore swear v 1: utter obscenities or profanities; “The drunken men were cursing loudly in the street” [syn: curse, cuss, blaspheme, imprecate] 2: to declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true; “Before God I swear I am innocent” [syn: affirm, verify, assert, avow, aver, swan] 3: promise solemnly; take an oath 4: make a deposition; declare under oath [syn: depose, depone] 5: 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] [also: sworn, swore] swore See swear
English → English (gcide) Definition: Swore 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. [root]177. Cf. Answer.] 1. 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. [1913 Webster] Ye shall swear by my name falsely. --Lev. xix. 12. [1913 Webster] I swear by all the Roman gods. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. (Law) To give evidence on oath; as, to swear to the truth of a statement; he swore against the prisoner. [1913 Webster] 3. 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. [1913 Webster] [I] swore little; diced not above seven times a week. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 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] [1913 Webster] Swore \Swore\, imp. of Swear. [1913 Webster]

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