sworn
Etymology
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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/
- Past participle of swear
sworn (not comparable)
- Given or declared under oath.
- His sworn statement convinced the judge.
- 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.
- Ardent, devout.
- a sworn foe
- a sworn socialist
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