Verb
- 1. curse, cuss, blaspheme, swear, imprecate, express, verbalize, verbalise, utter, give tongue to
- usage: utter obscenities or profanities; "The drunken men were cursing loudly in the street"
- 2. affirm, verify, assert, avow, aver, swan, swear, declare
- usage: to declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true; "Before God I swear I am innocent"
- 3. swear, vow
- usage: promise solemnly; take an oath
- 4. swear, depose, depone, declare
- usage: make a deposition; declare under oath
- 5. trust, swear, rely, bank, believe
- usage: 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"
Adjective
- 1. pledged, sworn, committed (vs. uncommitted)
- usage: bound by or as if by an oath; "according to an early tradition became his sworn brother"; "sworn enemies"
- 2. sworn (vs. unsworn), bound
- usage: bound by or stated on oath; "now my sworn friend and then mine enemy"- Shakespeare
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