sworn

For the verb: "to swear"

Simple Past:	swore
Past Participle:	sworn

Multiple Entries:
  sworn    swear  

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
sworn /swɔːn/ past participle of swear

▶adjective

• 1 given under oath: a sworn statement.

• 2 determined to remain such: sworn enemies.

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
swear/sweə(r)/

▶verb (swears, swearing; past swore; past part. sworn)

• 1 state or promise solemnly or on oath.

  ■ (swear someone in) admit someone to a position or office by directing them to take a formal oath.

  ■ compel to observe a certain course of action: I am sworn to secrecy.

  ■ (swear to) give an assurance that something is the case.

  ■ (swear off) informal promise to abstain from.

  ■ (swear by) informal have or express great confidence in.

  ■ (swear something out) US Law obtain the issue of a warrant for arrest by making a charge on oath.

• 2 use offensive language, especially to express anger.

– phrases
swear blind (or N. Amer. swear up and down) informal affirm something emphatically.

– derivatives
swearer noun.

– origin OE swerian of Gmc origin; rel. to answer.