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English Dictionary: swear by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
swear
v
  1. utter obscenities or profanities; "The drunken men were cursing loudly in the street"
    Synonym(s): curse, cuss, blaspheme, swear, imprecate
  2. to declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true; "Before God I swear I am innocent"
    Synonym(s): affirm, verify, assert, avow, aver, swan, swear
  3. promise solemnly; take an oath
  4. make a deposition; declare under oath
    Synonym(s): swear, depose, depone
  5. have confidence or faith in; "We can trust in God"; "Rely on your friends"; "bank on your good education"; "I swear by my grandmother's recipes"
    Synonym(s): trust, swear, rely, bank
    Antonym(s): distrust, mistrust, suspect
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Swear \Swear\, v. i. [imp. {Swore}, formerly {Sware}; p. p.
      {Sworn}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Swearing}.] [OE. swerien, AS.
      swerian; akin to D. zweren, OS. swerian, OHG. swerien, G.
      schw[94]ren, Icel. sverja, Sw. sv[84]rja, Dan. sv[91]rge,
      Icel. & Sw. svara to answer, Dan. svare, Dan. & Sw. svar an
      answer, Goth. swaran to swear, and perhaps to E. swarm.
      [fb]177. Cf. {Answer}.]
      1. To affirm or utter a solemn declaration, with an appeal to
            God for the truth of what is affirmed; to make a promise,
            threat, or resolve on oath; also, to affirm solemnly by
            some sacred object, or one regarded as sacred, as the
            Bible, the Koran, etc.
  
                     Ye shall swear by my name falsely.      --Lev. xix.
                                                                              12.
  
                     I swear by all the Roman gods.            --Shak.
  
      2. (Law) To give evidence on oath; as, to swear to the truth
            of a statement; he swore against the prisoner.
  
      3. To make an appeal to God in an irreverant manner; to use
            the name of God or sacred things profanely; to call upon
            God in imprecation; to curse.
  
                     [I] swore little; diced not above seven times a
                     week.                                                --Shak.
  
      {To swear by}, to place great confidence in a person or
            thing; to trust implicitly as an authority. [bd]I simply
            meant to ask if you are one of those who swear by Lord
            Verulam.[b8] --Miss Edgeworth.
  
      {To swear off}, to make a solemn vow, or a serious
            resolution, to abstain from something; as, to swear off
            smoking. [Slang]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Swear \Swear\, v. t.
      1. To utter or affirm with a solemn appeal to God for the
            truth of the declaration; to make (a promise, threat, or
            resolve) under oath.
  
                     Swear unto me here by God, that thou wilt not deal
                     falsely with me.                                 --Gen. xxi.
                                                                              23.
  
                     He swore consent to your succession.   --Shak.
  
      2. (Law) To put to an oath; to cause to take an oath; to
            administer an oath to; -- ofetn followed by in or into;
            as, to swear witnesses; to swear a jury; to swear in an
            officer; he was sworn into office.
  
      3. To declare or charge upon oath; as, he swore treason
            against his friend. --Johnson.
  
      4. To appeal to by an oath.
  
                     Now, by Apollo, king, Thou swear'st thy gods in
                     vain.                                                --Shak.
  
      {To swear the peace against one}, to make oath that one is
            under the actual fear of death or bodily harm from the
            person, in which case the person must find sureties that
            he will keep the peace.
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