[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

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"oren, icel. sverja, sw. svaumrja, dan. svaerge,
   icel.  sw. svara to answer, dan. svare, dan.  sw. svar an
   answer, goth. swaran to swear, and perhaps to e. swarm.
   root177. 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.
      1913 webster

            ye shall swear by my name falsely.    --lev. xix.
                                                  12.
      1913 webster

            i swear by all the roman gods.        --shak.
      1913 webster

   2. law to give evidence on oath; as, to swear to the truth
      of a statement; he swore against the prisoner.
      1913 webster

   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.
      1913 webster

            i swore little; diced not above seven times a
            week.                                 --shak.
      1913 webster

   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
      1913 webster
see also:
swore sware sworn swearing answer to swear by 
to swear off 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

swear \swear\, v. t.
   1. to utter or affirm with a solemn appeal to god for the
      truth of the declaration; to make a promise, threat, or
      resolve under oath.
      1913 webster

            swear unto me here by god, that thou wilt not deal
            falsely with me.                      --gen. xxi.
                                                  23.
      1913 webster

            he swore consent to your succession.  --shak.
      1913 webster

   2. law to put to an oath; to cause to take an oath; to
      administer an oath to; -- ofetn followed by in or into;
      as, to swear witnesses; to swear a jury; to swear in an
      officer; he was sworn into office.
      1913 webster

   3. to declare or charge upon oath; as, he swore treason
      against his friend. --johnson.
      1913 webster

   4. to appeal to by an oath.
      1913 webster

            now, by apollo, king,
            thou swear'st thy gods in vain.       --shak.
      1913 webster

   to swear the peace against one, to make oath that one is
      under the actual fear of death or bodily harm from the
      person, in which case the person must find sureties that
      he will keep the peace.
      1913 webster
see also:
to swear the peace against one 

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0

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
see also:
curse cuss blaspheme imprecate affirm verify 
assert avow aver swan depose 
depone trust rely bank distrust 
sworn swore 

[4] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

85 moby thesaurus words for "swear":
   abjure, abuse, acknowledge, adjure, administer an oath, affirm,
   agree, allege, and candle, assert, assert under oath, asseverate,
   assure, attest, aver, avoid, avouch, avow, bear witness,
   believe in, blaspheme, book, certify, confess, count on,
   countersign, covenant, curse, curse and swear, cuss, declare,
   depone, depose, disclose, dysphemize, eschew, execrate, expletive,
   express the belief, forgo, forsake, forswear, give evidence,
   give up, go off, guarantee, have confidence in, imprecate, insist,
   kiss the book, make a promise, oath, pledge, plight, profess,
   promise, put under oath, put upon oath, rely on, renounce,
   scatologize, shun, state, swear by, swear by bell, swear in,
   swear off, swear the truth, swear to, swear to god,
   swear to goodness, talk dirty, testify, throw over, troth,
   trust in, undertake, underwrite, use language, vilify, vouch,
   vouchsafe, vow, warrant, witness

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