Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- An obsolete or archaic preterit of
swear . - To answer.
- An old spelling of
sweer . - A Middle English form of
square .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- Obs. or Poetic imp. of
swear .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb archaic Simple past of
swear .
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Examples
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Jonathan's soothing assurances did not satisfy David, and he 'sware' in the earnestness of his conviction.
Expositions of Holy Scripture Deuteronomy, Joshua, Judges, Ruth, and First Book of Samuel, Second Samuel, First Kings, and Second Kings chapters I to VII Alexander Maclaren 1868
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Do the Girl Scouts or Boys and Girls Clubs require their members to sware an oath that affirms a belief inGod?
The Volokh Conspiracy » Enough with the Ridiculous Hyperbole! 2010
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Try listening to the Constitution, the only thing you sware an oath to.
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They wrote a huge e-mail reply back to my last reply. i sware he put more time into the e-mail then just giving me a free app and be done with it.
Email ‘n Walk Lets You Multitask Without Getting Hit By A Car | Lifehacker Australia 2009
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Do the Girl Scouts or Boys and Girls Clubs require their members to sware an oath that affirms a belief inGod?
The Volokh Conspiracy » Enough with the Ridiculous Hyperbole! 2010
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I sware his movies are like reading a book without the words I get relaxed I could watch movies over and over I can't put them down man he's excellent.
Hayao Miyazaki's Ponyo on the Cliff Japanese Trailer « FirstShowing.net 2008
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Dem kittehs of mien….spoiled heethurns, I sware! catsablanca says:
Bunk beds – not for everybody. - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2010
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“I sware to tell teh nip, teh hole nip adn nuffing but teh nip, so help me ceiling cat.”
EHH HEMM! - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2010
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And it shall be when the LORD shall bring thee into the land of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, which he sware unto thy fathers to give thee, a land flowing with milk and honey, that thou shalt keep this service in this month.
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