swear 音标拼音: [sw'ɛr]
vt . 发誓,宣誓,咒骂,使宣誓
vi . 发誓,诅咒
n . 诅咒,誓言
发誓,宣誓,咒骂,使宣誓发誓,诅咒诅咒,誓言
swear v 1 :
utter obscenities or profanities ; "
The drunken men were cursing loudly in the street " [
synonym : {
curse }, {
cuss },
{
blaspheme }, {
swear }, {
imprecate }]
2 :
to declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true ; "
Before God I swear I am innocent " [
synonym : {
affirm }, {
verify },
{
assert }, {
avow }, {
aver }, {
swan }, {
swear }]
3 :
promise solemnly ;
take an oath 4 :
make a deposition ;
declare under oath [
synonym : {
swear },
{
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 " [
synonym : {
trust }, {
swear }, {
rely },
{
bank }] [
ant : {
distrust }, {
mistrust }, {
suspect }]
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 [
aum ]
rja ,
Dan .
svaerge ,
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 .
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Ye shall swear by my name falsely . --
Lev .
xix .
12 .
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I swear by all the Roman gods . --
Shak .
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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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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 .
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[
I ]
swore little ;
diced not above seven times a week . --
Shak .
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{
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 ]
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Swear \
Swear \,
v .
t .
1 .
To utter or affirm with a solemn appeal to God for the truth of the declaration ;
to make (
a promise ,
threat ,
or resolve )
under oath .
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Swear unto me here by God ,
that thou wilt not deal falsely with me . --
Gen .
xxi .
23 .
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He swore consent to your succession . --
Shak .
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2 . (
Law )
To put to an oath ;
to cause to take an oath ;
to administer an oath to ; --
ofetn followed by in or into ;
as ,
to swear witnesses ;
to swear a jury ;
to swear in an officer ;
he was sworn into office .
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3 .
To declare or charge upon oath ;
as ,
he swore treason against his friend . --
Johnson .
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4 .
To appeal to by an oath .
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Now ,
by Apollo ,
king ,
Thou swear '
st thy gods in vain . --
Shak .
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{
To swear the peace against one },
to make oath that one is under the actual fear of death or bodily harm from the person ,
in which case the person must find sureties that he will keep the peace .
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85 Moby Thesaurus words for "
swear ":
abjure ,
abuse ,
acknowledge ,
adjure ,
administer an oath ,
affirm ,
agree ,
allege ,
and candle ,
assert ,
assert under oath ,
asseverate ,
assure ,
attest ,
aver ,
avoid ,
avouch ,
avow ,
bear witness ,
believe in ,
blaspheme ,
book ,
certify ,
confess ,
count on ,
countersign ,
covenant ,
curse ,
curse and swear ,
cuss ,
declare ,
depone ,
depose ,
disclose ,
dysphemize ,
eschew ,
execrate ,
expletive ,
express the belief ,
forgo ,
forsake ,
forswear ,
give evidence ,
give up ,
go off ,
guarantee ,
have confidence in ,
imprecate ,
insist ,
kiss the book ,
make a promise ,
oath ,
pledge ,
plight ,
profess ,
promise ,
put under oath ,
put upon oath ,
rely on ,
renounce ,
scatologize ,
shun ,
state ,
swear by ,
swear by bell ,
swear in ,
swear off ,
swear the truth ,
swear to ,
swear to God ,
swear to goodness ,
talk dirty ,
testify ,
throw over ,
troth ,
trust in ,
undertake ,
underwrite ,
use language ,
vilify ,
vouch ,
vouchsafe ,
vow ,
warrant ,
witness
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