Swore Meaning
/swɔː/, /swɔɹ/, /swo(ː)ɹ/, /swoə/, /swʊɹ/, /swʊə/Definition, CEFR level B1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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verbsimple past of swear
verbpast participle of swear
"If that were all, for some have swore / As false as they, if th' did no more[…]"— 1663 (indicated as 1664), [Samuel Butler], “The Second Part of Hudibras. Canto II.”, in Hudibras. The First and Second Parts. […], London: […] John Martyn and Henry Herringman, […], published 1678, →OCLC; republished in A[lfred] R[ayney] Waller, editor, Hudibras: Written in the Time of the Late Wars, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: University Press, 1905, →OCLC, page 133:
Sentence Examples
The knight swore an oath of allegiance to the king.
I swore off drinking only to start again the next week.
She fell over and swore loudly.
CEFR Practice Quiz
The witness ____ to tell the whole truth before leaving the stand.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
He ____ that he would never tell anyone about the secret location of the hidden treasure that we found today.
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The witness ____ to tell the whole truth before leaving the stand.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
He ____ that he would never tell anyone about the secret location of the hidden treasure that we found today.