swear

to make a solemn declaration or affirmation by some sacred being or object, as a deity or the Bible.

Synonyms:

avow, affirm, declare

to bind oneself by oath.

to give evidence or make a statement on oath.

Synonyms:

testify, depose

to use profane oaths or language.

Don't swear in front of the children.

Synonyms:

imprecate

to declare, affirm, attest, etc., by swearing by a deity, some sacred object, etc.

to affirm, assert, or say with solemn earnestness.

to promise or undertake on oath or in a solemn manner; vow.

to testify or state on oath.

He swore it on the witness stand.

to take (an oath), as in order to give solemnity or force to a declaration, promise, etc.

to bind by an oath.

to swear someone to secrecy.

to declare or affirm (a statement) as true, esp by invoking a deity, etc, as witness

(foll by by)

1. to invoke (a deity, etc) by name as a witness or guarantee to an oath

2. to trust implicitly; have complete confidence (in)

to curse, blaspheme, or use swearwords

(when tr, may take a clause as object or an infinitive) to promise solemnly on oath; vow

(tr) to assert or affirm with great emphasis or earnestness

(intr) to give evidence or make any statement or solemn declaration on oath

to take an oath in order to add force or solemnity to (a statement or declaration)

informal to assert emphatically