āĻ āύā§āϏāύā§āϧāĻžāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
āĻ āĻāĻŋāϧāĻžāύā§āϰ āĻāĻžāώāĻž āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
āĻāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āĻāĻžāώāĻž āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
to swear
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āĻāĻžāϞāĻŋ āĻĻā§āĻāϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻ āĻāĻĻā§āϰ āĻāĻžāώāĻž āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻāϰāĻž
to use offensive or vulgar language in order to express strong emotions
Intransitive
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Frustrated with the situation, he began to swear loudly, expressing his discontent.
āĻĒāϰāĻŋāϏā§āĻĨāĻŋāϤāĻŋāϤ⧠āĻšāϤāĻžāĻļ āĻšāϝāĻŧā§, āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻā§āϰ⧠āĻāĻžāϞāĻŋ āĻĻāĻŋāϤ⧠āĻļā§āϰ⧠āĻāϰāϞā§āύ, āϤāĻžāϰ āĻ
āϏāύā§āϤā§āώ āĻĒā§āϰāĻāĻžāĻļ āĻāϰā§āĨ¤
02
āĻļāĻĒāĻĨ āĻāϰāĻž, āĻĻāĻžāĻŦāĻŋ āĻāϰāĻž
to state that what one is saying is true
Transitive: to swear that
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She swore on her professional reputation that the data was accurate.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻĒā§āĻļāĻžāĻĻāĻžāϰ āϏā§āύāĻžāĻŽā§āϰ āĻāĻĒāϰ āĻļāĻĒāĻĨ āĻāϰā§āĻāĻŋāϞā§āύ āϝ⧠āϤāĻĨā§āϝāĻā§āϞāĻŋ āϏāĻ āĻŋāĻ āĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤
03
āĻļāĻĒāĻĨ āĻāϰāĻž, āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāĻā§āĻāĻž āĻāϰāĻž
to strongly promise something, usually in serious or formal situations
Transitive: to swear to do sth
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She swears to always stand by her best friend's side.
āϏ⧠āϤāĻžāϰ āϏā§āϰāĻž āĻŦāύā§āϧā§āϰ āĻĒāĻžāĻļā§ āϏāĻŦāϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āĻĻāĻžāĻāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāύā§āϰ āĻļāĻĒāĻĨ āύā§āϝāĻŧāĨ¤
04
āĻļāĻĒāĻĨ āĻāϰāĻž, āĻļāĻĒāĻĨ āύā§āĻāϝāĻŧāĻž
to require someone to make a formal declaration or promise while invoking a sacred or binding authority
Ditransitive: to swear sb to do sth | to swear sb to sth
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The jury was sworn to secrecy, promising not to discuss the case outside the courtroom.
āĻā§āϰāĻŋāĻā§ āĻā§āĻĒāύā§āϝāĻŧāϤāĻžāϰ āĻļāĻĒāĻĨ āύā§āĻāϝāĻŧāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧā§āĻāĻŋāϞ, āĻāĻĻāĻžāϞāϤā§āϰ āĻŦāĻžāĻāϰ⧠āĻŽāĻžāĻŽāϞāĻž āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§ āĻāϞā§āĻāύāĻž āύāĻž āĻāϰāĻžāϰ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāĻļā§āϰā§āϤāĻŋ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§āĨ¤
āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϤāĻžāϤā§āϤā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ āĻāĻžāĻ
swearer
swearing
swear
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