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[ swawrn, swohrn ] / swɔrn, swoʊrn / SEE SYNONYMS FOR sworn ON THESAURUS.COM
verbpast participle of swear. adjectivehaving taken an oath: a duly elected and sworn official. bound by or as if by an oath or pledge. avowed; affirmed: He is my sworn enemy. Words nearby swornswordstick, sword-swallower, swordswoman, swordtail, swore, sworn, swot, swotter, swotty, swound, 'swounds Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for swornBut these must be proven under a signed and sworn statement and judged reasonable by the DOH. No More Paper Prescriptions: Docs Fight Fraud by Going Electronic|Dale Eisinger|December 18, 2014|DAILY BEAST Some secrets, it seems, must be kept even from elected representatives who could still be sworn to secrecy. After Torture Report, Our Moral Authority As a Nation Is Gone|Nick Gillespie|December 11, 2014|DAILY BEAST Her agency had to take her out of the country that very evening after it was made clear that the servant had sworn to kill her. Afghanistan, We Hardly Knew You|Jonathan Foreman|December 8, 2014|DAILY BEAST The capital of Chechnya, Grozny, was attacked Thursday by insurgents who may have sworn allegiance to ISIS. Recession? Devaluation? Inflation? Putin Tells Russia Stay the Course.|Anna Nemtsova|December 4, 2014|DAILY BEAST
But this week, even as a new cabinet was sworn in, the Houthis showed no signs of honoring their commitment to demobilize. Yemen’s a Model All Right—For Disaster|Michael Shank , Casey Harrity|November 14, 2014|DAILY BEAST Mr. Gregory, have you been sworn in connection with these proceedings? Warren Commission (5 of 26): Hearings Vol. V (of 15)|The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy I have sworn to myself that one day you should know it—you alone! Byron had sworn to love man and nature, and to glorify their works, on the very instant he seeks to degrade and vilify. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Vol. 64 No. 396 October 1848|Various Mistletoe was the only thing in the world which had not sworn not to harm Baldur. The Book of Hallowe'en|Ruth Edna Kelley She had sworn by Claire, as the phrase goes, in earlier days. An Ambitious Woman|Edgar Fawcett
British Dictionary definitions for sworn
verbthe past participle of swear adjectivebound, pledged, or made inveterate, by or as if by an oatha sworn statement; he was sworn to God Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to swornconfirmed, bound, affirmed |