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swear的過去分詞
資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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["a]rja, Dan. sv[ae]rge,
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.
Ye shall swear by my name falsely. --Lev. xix.
12.
I swear by all the Roman gods. --Shak.
2. (Law) To give evidence on oath; as, to swear to the truth
of a statement; he swore against the prisoner.
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.
[I] swore little; diced not above seven times a
week. --Shak.
{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]
Sworn \Sworn\,
p. p. of {Swear}.
{Sworn brothers}, originally, companions in arms who took an
oath to share together good and bad fortune; hence,
faithful friends.
{Sworn enemies}, determined or irreconcilable enemies.
{Sworn friends}, close friends.
資料來源 : WordNet®
sworn
adj 1: bound by or as if by an oath; "according to an early
tradition became his sworn brother"; "sworn enemies"
[syn: {pledged}]
2: bound by or stated on oath; "now my sworn friend and then
mine enemy"- Shakespeare [ant: {unsworn}]
swear
v 1: utter obscenities or profanities; "The drunken men were
cursing loudly in the street" [syn: {curse}, {cuss}, {blaspheme},
{imprecate}]
2: to declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true; "Before
God I swear I am innocent" [syn: {affirm}, {verify}, {assert},
{avow}, {aver}, {swan}]
3: promise solemnly; take an oath
4: make a deposition; declare under oath [syn: {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" [syn: {trust}, {rely}, {bank}]
[ant: {distrust}, {distrust}]
[also: {sworn}, {swore}]
sworn
See {swear}