sworn
Etymology

From Middle English sworen, isworen, from Old English sworen, ġesworen, from Proto-West Germanic *swaran, *giswaran, from Proto-Germanic *swaranaz, past participle of Proto-Germanic *swarjaną, equivalent to swear + -en.

Pronunciation
  • (America) IPA: /swɔɹn/
  • (RP) IPA: /swɔːn/
  • (rhotic, non-horse-hoarse) IPA: /swo(ː)ɹn/
  • (non-rhotic, non-horse-hoarse) IPA: /swoən/
Verb
  1. Past participle of swear
Adjective

sworn (not comparable)

  1. Given or declared under oath.
    His sworn statement convinced the judge.
  2. Bound as though by an oath.
    • 1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC ↗, [Act II, scene ii]:
      Swum ashore, man, like a duck. I can swim like a duck, I'll be sworn.
  3. Ardent, devout.
    a sworn foe
    a sworn socialist
Translations


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