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Swears

To take an oath, to promise.

📖 Definitions of "Swears"

verb
  1. 1

    To take an oath, to promise.

  2. 2

    To use offensive, profane, or obscene language.

noun
  1. 1

    A swear word.

verb
  1. 1

    To be lazy; rest for a short while during working hours.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Swears"

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avowverb(transitive) To declare openly and boldly, as something believed to be right; to own, acknowledge or confess frankly.
aververb(ambitransitive) To assert the truth of (something); to affirm (something) with confidence; to declare (something) in a positive manner.
trustverb(transitive) To place confidence in, to rely on, to confide in.
relyverb(with on or upon, formerly also with in) to trust; to have confidence in; to depend.
affirmverbTo assert positively; to tell with confidence; to aver; to maintain as true.
assertverbTo declare with assurance or plainly and strongly; to state positively.
deponeverb(intransitive, law) To testify, especially in the form of a deposition.
bankverb(intransitive) To deal with a bank or financial institution, or for an institution to provide financial services to a client.
deposeverb(transitive) To remove (a leader) from (high) office without killing (them).
blasphemeverb(intransitive) To commit blasphemy; to speak against God or religious doctrine.
imprecateverb(transitive) To call down by prayer, as something hurtful or calamitous.
curseverbTo call upon divine or supernatural power to send injury upon; to imprecate evil upon; to execrate.
cussverb(chiefly US, colloquial) To use cursing, to use bad language, to speak profanely.
swanverb(intransitive) To travel or move about in an aimless, idle, or pretentiously casual way.
avowsverb(transitive) To declare openly and boldly, as something believed to be right; to own, acknowledge or confess frankly.
fealtynounFidelity to one's lord or master; the feudal obligation by which the tenant or vassal was bound to be faithful to his lord.
leadsverb(transitive) To cover, fill, or affect with lead.
pledgeverbTo make a solemn promise (to do something).
insistsverb(sometimes with (that + subjunctive) or intransitive, with on or upon) To demand continually that something happen or be done; to reiterate a demand despite requests to abandon it.
pretendsverb(intransitive or with 'that' clause or 'to' infinitive) To speak or behave so as to give a false or simulated appearance.

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