sworn
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- (America) IPA: /swɔɹn/
- (RP) IPA: /swɔːn/
- (rhotic, horse-hoarse) IPA: /swo(ː)ɹn/
- (nonrhotic, 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.
- c. 1610-11, William Shakespeare, The Tempest, Act II, Scene ii:
- Swum ashore, man, like a duck. I can swim like a duck, I'll be sworn.
- c. 1610-11, William Shakespeare, The Tempest, Act II, Scene ii:
- Ardent, devout.
- a sworn foe
- a sworn socialist
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