to sware
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Old past form of 'swear' meaning to make a serious promise or statement
- verb
- /swɛr/
- Archaic
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- In her heart, she sware to protect the village from harm.
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Watch on YouTubeBryce could have sworn Rysan's golden face paled slightly.
- Bryce could have sworn Rysan's golden face paled slightly.
- The only problem is the oath he swore to Tartaglia, who won't let him break it.
- And you swore you were just going to have Diet Coke, right?
- And I swore that I would never do that.
- And I swore I would never let anybody waste their life.
- I'm doing laundry and I take this skirt out and I was like, I swore that this is green.
- He talked about it, but he had never sworn an oath to Osama bin Laden.
- Trump's trillions have ushered in an era of the very thing he swore to defeat, populist socialism.
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Examples
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He sware an oath to uphold the truth in court.
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The knight sware loyalty to his king during the ceremony.
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And I swore that I would never do that.
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And I swore I would never let anybody waste their life.
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The only thing is, is like all of us, we, we sort, we swore an oath, right?
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I sware on oaht.
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SHE SWARES TO ME
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Etymology
Sware is an old past form of swear, from an old English verb that meant 'to promise' or 'to take an oath'. That's why in old stories 'he sware' simply means he made a serious promise.