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swear
verb
1 swear
Utter obscenities or profanities.
synonyms: blaspheme, curse, cuss, imprecate.
Roget 988:
be impious
etc.
adj.,
profane,
desecrate,
blaspheme,
revile,
scoff;
swear
etc.
(malediction)
908;
commit sacrilege.
snuffle;
turn up the whites of the eyes;
idolize.
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Roget 908:
curse,
accurse†,
imprecate,
damn,
swear at;
curse with bell book and candle;
invoke curses on the head of,
call down curses on the head of;
devote to destruction.
execrate,
beshrew†,
scold;
anathematize
etc.
(censure)
932;
bold up to execration,
denounce,
proscribe,
excommunicate,
fulminate,
thunder against;
threaten
etc.
909.
curse and swear;
swear,
swear like a trooper;
fall a cursing,
rap out an oath,
damn.
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Roget 885:
be insolent
etc.
adj.;
bluster,
vapor,
swagger,
swell,
give oneself airs,
snap one's fingers,
kick up a dust;
swear
etc.
(affirm)
535;
rap out oaths;
roister.
arrogate;
assume,
presume;
make bold,
make free;
take a liberty,
give an inch and take an ell.
domineer,
bully,
dictate,
hector;
lord it over;
traiter de haut en bas [Fr.],
regarder de haut en bas [Fr.];
exact;
snub,
huff. ,
beard,
fly in the face of;
put to the blush;
bear down,
beat down;
browbeat,
intimidate;
trample down,
tread down,
trample under foot;
dragoon,
ride roughshod over.
out face,
outlook,
outstare,
outbrazen†,
outbrave†;
stare out of countenance;
brazen out;
lay down the law;
teach one's grandmother to suck eggs;
assume a lofty bearing;
talk big,
look big;
put on big looks,
act the grand seigneur [Fr.];
mount the high horse,
ride the high horse;
toss the head,
carry,
with a high hand.
tempt Providence,
want snuffing.
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Roget 768:
promise;
give a promise
etc.
n.;
undertake,
engage;
make an engagement,
form an engagement;
enter into an engagement,
enter on an engagement;
bind oneself,
tie oneself,
pledge oneself,
commit oneself,
take upon oneself;
vow;
swear
etc.
(affirm)
535,
give one's word,
pass one's word,
pledge one's word,
plight one's word,
give one's honor,
pass one's honor,
pledge one's honor,
plight one's honor,
give credit,
pass credit,
pledge credit,
plight credit,
give troth,
pass troth,
pledge troth,
plight troth;
betroth,
plight faith.
assure,
warrant,
guarantee;
covenant
etc.
769;
attest
etc.
(bear witness)
467.
hold out an expectation;
contract an obligation;
become bound to,
become sponsor for;
answer for,
be answerable for;
secure;
give security
etc.
771;
underwrite.
adjure,
administer an oath,
put to one's oath,
swear a witness.
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Dutch: vervloeken
2 swear
To declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true:
— Before God I swear I am innocent.
synonyms: affirm, assert, aver, avow, swan, verify.
Roget 535:
assert;
make an assertion
etc.
n.;
have one's say;
say,
affirm,
predicate,
declare,
state;
protest,
profess.
put forth,
put forward;
advance,
allege,
propose,
propound,
enunciate,
broach,
set forth,
hold out,
maintain,
contend,
pronounce,
pretend.
depose,
depone,
aver,
avow,
avouch,
asseverate,
swear;
make oath,
take one's oath;
make an affidavit,
swear an affidavit,
put in an affidavit;
take one's Bible oath,
kiss the book,
vow,
vitam impendere vero [Lat.];
swear till one is black in the face,
swear till one is blue in the face,
swear till all's blue;
be sworn,
call Heaven to witness;
vouch,
warrant,
certify,
assure,
swear by bell book and candle.
swear by
etc.
(believe)
484;
insist upon,
take one's stand upon;
emphasize,
lay stress on;
assert roundly,
assert positively;
lay down,
lay down the law;
raise one's voice,
dogmatize,
have the last word;
rap out;
repeat;
reassert,
reaffirm.
announce
etc.
(information)
527;
acknowledge
etc.
(assent)
488;
attest
etc.
(evidence)
467;
adjure
etc.
(put to one's oath)
768.
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Dutch: erkennen, beamen, affirmeren, bekrachtigen, bevestigen
3 swear
Promise solemnly; take an oath.
Dutch: een eed afleggen, zweren
4 swear
Make a deposition; declare under oath.
synonyms: depone, depose.
5 swear
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