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  • verb archaic Second-person singular simple present form of swear

Etymologies

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swear + -est

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Examples

  • Serpent-queen turned right and left, till her eyes fell upon Hasib, to whom said she Where is the covenant thou madest with me, and the oath thou swearest to me, that thou wouldst never again enter the Hammam-bath?

    The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night 2006

  • “By which Temple?” said the Marquis of Montserrat, whose love of sarcasm often outran his policy and discretion; “swearest thou by that on the hill of Zion, which was built by King Solomon, or by that symbolical, emblematical edifice, which is said to be spoken of in the councils held in the vaults of your Preceptories, as something which infers the aggrandizement of thy valiant and venerable Order?”

    The Talisman 2008

  • I do, truly; for thou swearest to me thou art honest: now, if thou wert a poet, I might have some hope thou didst feign.

    As You Like It 2004

  • “Thou swearest thy gods in vain, foul paynim,” said

    Kenilworth 2004

  • Hast thou forgotten the oath thou swearest to me with thy hand, good knight, when thou didst woo me for King Etzel -- how that thou wouldst serve me till my life's end, or till thine?

    The Fall of the Niebelungs Margaret [Translator] Armour

  • I do, truly; for thou swearest to me thou art honest: now, if thou wert a poet, I might have some hope thou didst feign.

    Act III. Scene III. As You Like It 1914

  • Abraham: "Thou swearest, and also I swear, I will not leave this altar until I have said what I have to say."

    The Legends of the Jews — Volume 1 Louis Ginzberg 1913

  • To-day thou swearest me, and to-morrow thou wilt kiss my hand.

    The Junior Classics — Volume 4 William Patten 1902

  • Thou hast ever loved me, so thou swearest, and many a deed of dread have we dared together.

    The World's Desire Henry Rider Haggard 1890

  • One more thing must thou swear, or if thou swearest it not, here thou shalt surely die.

    The World's Desire Henry Rider Haggard 1890

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