sworn
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle English sworen, isworen, from Old English sworen, ġesworen, from Proto-West Germanic *swaran, *giswaran, from Proto-Germanic *swaranaz, past participle of Proto-Germanic *swarjaną (“to swear”), equivalent to swear + -en.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (General American) IPA(key): /swɔɹn/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /swɔːn/
- (rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA(key): /swo(ː)ɹn/
- (non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA(key): /swoən/
Audio (US): (file) - Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)n
Verb
[edit]sworn
- past participle of swear
Adjective
[edit]sworn (not comparable)
- Given or declared under oath.
- His sworn statement convinced the judge.
- Bound as though by an oath.
- 1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene ii]:
- Swum ashore, man, like a duck. I can swim like a duck, I'll be sworn.
- Ardent, devout.
- a sworn foe
- a sworn socialist
Derived terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]Given under oath
References
[edit]- “sworn”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
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