Sworn

Definition: Sworn

Sworn

Adjective

1. Bound by or as if by an oath; "according to an early tradition became his sworn brother"; "sworn enemies".

2. Bound by or stated on oath; "now my sworn friend and then mine enemy"- Shakespeare.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "sworn" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references)

Synonym: Sworn

Affirmation

Depose, depone, aver, avow, avouch, asseverate, swear; make oath, take one's oath; make an affidavit, swear an affidavit, put in an affidavit; take one's Bible oath, kiss the book, vow, vitam impendere vero; swear till one is black in the face, swear till one is blue in the face, swear till all's blue; be sworn, call Heaven to witness; vouch, warrant, certify, assure, swear by bell book and candle.

Crosswords: Sworn

Vice president Ford will be sworn into office at that hour in this office (Forrest Gump; writing credit: Eric Roth)

It must be difficult having sworn your life to the Jedi not being able to visit the places you like or do the things you like (Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones; writing credit: George Lucas)

I have sworn to capture this man with all legal powers at my disposal and I will do so. (The Untouchables; writing credit: Oscar Fraley; Eliot Ness)

Deny thy father and refuse thy name, or if thou wilt not, be but sworn my love, and I shall no longer be a Capulet (Romeo + Juliet; writing credit: Craig Pearce)

I am a Death Dealer, sworn to destroy those known as the Lychans (Underworld; writing credit: Danny McBride)

Coulda sworn it was judgment day ("1999"; performing artist: Prince)

I have sworn everytime (Red Red Wine; performing artist: UB40)

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Books

• A Destiny is Sworn (reference)

• Mack Bolan: Sworn Enemies (reference)

• Recipes Sworn to Secrecy: An International Collection of Family and Favorite Recipes (reference)

• Sworn Allies (The Fleet, Book 4) (reference)

• Sworn to Defend (reference)

  (more book examples)

Music

• Sworn Testimony: The Billy Price Band Live (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

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James Beggs is Sworn In. Credit: NASA.

Richard Nixon departs from the White House before Gerald Ford was sworn in as President By Oliver F. Atkins, Washington, DC, August 9, 1974. Credit: Nixon Presidential Materials Project, National Archives and Records Administration.

[Vincent DeVita is sworn in as the National Cancer Institute (NCI) director]. Credit: National Library of Medicine.

"Future Sailors are sworn in aboard the guided missile cruiser Boston by Captain Archer R. Gordon. Above them are the ship's eight-inch guns." (quoted from the original photo caption) The photograph was received by "All Hands" magazine on 8 February 1967. Location is probably Boston, Massachusetts. Credit: NAVY.

After Richardson was sworn in as the new Chief of the Bureau of Navigation, at the Navy Department, Washington, D.C., June 1938. Looking on is the outgoing Chief of the Bureau of Navigation, Rear Admiral Adolphus Andrews, USN. Credit: NAVY.

City of New York. Mordecai M. Noah, of No. 57, Franklin-Street, being duly sworn . . . Credit: Library of Congress.

Sworn on a stack of old party platforms. Credit: Library of Congress.

The new president takes the oath of office. The Wilcox home in which President Roosevelt was sworn in. Credit: Library of Congress.

"Jinks! I could 'a sworn I saw a leetle darkey in the melon-patch". Credit: Library of Congress.

Mrs. Maybelle Kennedy being sworn in as Assistant Treasurer of the United States by James H. Hard (left) with John W. Snyder, Secretary of the Treasury as witness. Credit: Library of Congress.

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Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

And if any one of the five and twenty barons shall have died or departed from the land, or be incapacitated in any other manner which would prevent the foresaid provisions being carried out, those of the said twenty five barons who are left shall choose another in his place according to their own judgment, and he shall be sworn in the same way as the others. (reference)

For I have sworn before you and Almighty God the same solemn oath our forebears prescribed nearly a century and three quarters ago. (reference)

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Whom thou wast sworn to cherish and defend

I have sworn thee fair, and thought thee bright, Who art as black as hell, as dark as night

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Business

To prove that a good is not Chinese, importers must submit a certificate of origin and provide a sworn statement as to the origin of the merchandise. (references)

Civil Liberties

Turkey

In October police officers at the felony court trial hearing recanted sworn statements that they had made against Fuat, stating that they had been told what to say by another officer. (references)

Economic History

Madagascar

He was sworn in as President on March 27, 1993. (references)

Syria

All documents must be translated into Arabic by a sworn translator. (references)

Human Rights

Poland

The Ombudsman has no legislative authority, no powers of enforcement, and is sworn to act apolitically. (references)

Turkey

Several eyewitnesses gave sworn testimony stating that they had seen them entering the Jandarma police station. (references)

Cambodia

Sworn, written statements from witnesses and the accused usually were the extent of evidence presented in trials. (references)

Political Economy

Philippines

Large, peaceful demonstrations in the capital over the next 3 days ended on January 20, when Estrada resigned and Vice President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo was sworn in as President. (references)

Pakistan

On June 20, General Musharraf was sworn in as the country's President, after the Provisional Constitutional Order (PCO) was amended (the PCO functions in place of the country's suspended Constitution). (references)

Haiti

President Aristide was sworn in on February 7. During the first half of the year, the international community, including the Organization of American States (OAS), and the country's civil society mediated discussions between the FL and the opposition Democratic Convergence; however, negotiations were not successful and talks were suspended in July following armed attacks on several police stations by unidentified gunmen. (references)

Political Rights

Pakistan

The same day, Musharraf was sworn in as President. (references)

Burundi

On November 1, President Buyoya was sworn in as president for the first 18 months of the 3-year transitional period. (references)

Afghanistan

The AIA was sworn in on December 22 in Kabul, led by Chairman Hamid Karzai, assisted by five Vice-Chairmen and 24 Cabinet members. (references)

Trade

Argentina

Importers must present a Sworn Statement for the Importation of Medical Instruments. (references)

Argentina

Excise taxes are paid on the basis of sworn returns or through stamps affixed to the product. (references)

Dominican Rep

However, a sworn declaration of exports (Declaracion Jurada de Exportacion or Formulario Unico de Exportacion) should be presented at the port of departure. (references)

Worker Rights

Bulgaria

The Government has a provision for victims to provide an anonymous sworn deposition to be used in court, but an anonymous deposition must be corroborated to obtain a conviction. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "sworn": pledged sworn ♦ sworn brother ♦ sworn brotherhood ♦ sworn brothers ♦ sworn enemies ♦ sworn evidence ♦ sworn friends. Additional references.

Beginning with "sworn": sworn-in.

Arabic 

‏محلف (juror). (various references)

Bulgarian 

заклет (confirmed, inveterate). (various references)

Chinese 

发�" (Avow, Avowing, swear, swearing, Swore, Vowed, Vowing). (various references)

Danish

som har aflagt ed (sworn in), erklæring på tro og love om samlivet (sworn statement of cohabitation), edsvoren (sworn in). (various references)

Dutch

beëdigd (sworn in). (various references)

Finnish

valantehnyt (chartered). (various references)

French

jurés, jurées, jurée, juré, assermenté (sworn in). (various references)

German

geschworen (vowed), geflucht. (various references)

Greek 

μετοχή του swear, ορκισμένος (sworn in), ορκίζομαι (kiss the book, swear, swore, take an oath, vow). (various references)

Hebrew 

מושבע (avowed, confirmed, inveterate). (various references)

Hungarian

szitkozódik (swore, to bitch, to blaspheme, to cuss, to rail, to revile, to swear), megesket (swear, swore, to splice, to swear), megeskedtet (swore, to swear), megesküszik (sware, to nuptialize, to swear, to take a vow to do sg, to take oath, to vow, to wed), hites (chartered), esküvel fogad (sware, swore, to swear), esküt tesz (swore, take an oath, to attest, to swear, to take an oath, to take oath, to vow), esküt tétet (sware, swore, to swear), esküszik (swear, swore, to swear, to take an oath, to vow). (various references)

Italian

giurato (juror, juryman). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

義兄弟 (brother-in-law, stepbrother, sworn brother), 盟友 (sworn friend), 怨敵 (sworn enemy), 兄弟の義�'結ぶ (become sworn brothers), 兄弟分 (buddy, pal, sworn brother). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

ぎきょう� い (brother-in-law, stepbrother, sworn brother), お�"てき (sworn enemy), きょう� いぶ�" (buddy, pal, sworn brother), きょう� いのぎ�'むすぶ (become sworn brothers), めいゆう (great or famous actor, star, sworn friend). (various references)

Korean 

맹세하�" (Vowed). (various references)

Manx

prowit (deposed, established, proved, tested, tried), looit (sworn in). (various references)

Pig Latin

ornsway.(various references)

Portuguese

jurado (juror, juryman), em juramento, ajuramentado (sworn in). (various references)

Romanian

participiu trecut de la swear, jurat (accursed, cursed, damned, juror, juryman). (various references)

Russian 

клясться (asseverate, swear, swear by, swore, vow), неизменный (changeless, constant, eternal, immutable, inalterable, incommutable, inevitable, invariant, irrevocable, permanent, steady, unalterable, unaltered, unamended, unchangeable, unchanged, unfailing, unvarying), присягнувший (swore). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

zaklet (professed), pod zakletvom (juratory, oath: under oath), particip proš. od swear. (various references)

Spanish

pp de swear. (various references)

Swedish

edsvuren (under oath). (various references)

Thai

กริยาช่องที่ 3 ของ swear. (various references)

Ukrainian

який поклявся, присяжний (juryman). (various references)

Vietnamese 

lời thề lời nguyền rủa (swear, swore), câu chửi rủa (swear, swear-word, swore). (various references)

conjuratus. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Derivations

Words ending with "sworn": foresworn, forsworn, outsworn, unsworn. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Sworn" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Sawori, Seweryn, sornt, sowen, sporn, swarn, swirn, swon, swor, sworen, sworm, swoun, swur, swurn. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: nows, owns, rows, snow, sorn, sown, wons, worn.

-2 letters: nor, nos, now, ons, ors, own, row, son, sow, won, wos.

-3 letters: no, on, or, os, ow, so, wo.

+1 letter: browns, crowns, drowns, frowns, owners, resown, rowans, rowens, strown, worsen, wrongs.

+2 letters: downers, drownds, knowers, narrows, nonwars, onwards, pawnors, renowns, reshown, rowings, snowier, swooner, unswore, unsworn, warison, wonders, wonners, worsens.

+3 letters: bestrown, brownest, brownies, brownish, browsing, cornrows, crowners, crownets, decrowns, discrown, drowners, drowsing, embrowns, endowers, fanworts, forsworn, frowners, grownups, imbrowns, misgrown, networks, newborns, newsroom, nonwords, nowheres, outsworn, oversewn, pinworks, pinworms, preshown, rainbows, recrowns, reendows, resowing, rubdowns, rundowns, sandworm, sandwort, shopworn, showring, snowbird, snowdrop, spanworm, strowing, swooners, swordman, swordmen, tinworks, uncrowns, wagoners, warisons, whoreson, windrows, winsomer, wondrous, wordings, workings, wornness, worsened, worsting, wrongers, wrongest.