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sworn

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sworn  (swôrn, swrn)
v.
Past participle of swear.
adj.
1. Having been asserted as true under oath: sworn statements by witnesses.
2. Bound or empowered by an oath: a sworn official.
3. Avowed: a sworn friend.

sworn
Verb
the past participle of swear
Adjective
bound by or as if by an oath: a sworn enemy
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.sworn - bound by or as if by an oath; "according to an early tradition became his sworn brother"; "sworn enemies"
committed - bound or obligated, as under a pledge to a particular cause, action, or attitude; "committed church members"; "a committed Marxist"
2.sworn - bound by or stated on oath; "now my sworn friend and then mine enemy"- Shakespeare
unsworn - not bound by or stated on oath; "the witness stands unsworn"; "unsworn testimony"
Translations

sworn [swɔːn] pp of swear
adj [statement, evidence] → donné(e) sous serment; [enemy] → juré(e)
sworn [swɔːn] pp of swear
adj (statement) → eidlich;
(evidence) → unter Eid;
(enemy) → geschworen


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The trembling clown replied that as he lived and by the oath he had sworn (though he had not sworn any) it was not so much; for there were to be taken into account and deducted three pairs of shoes he had given him, and a real for two blood-lettings when he was sick.
Brownlow's indignaton was greatly roused; but reflecting perhaps, that he might only injure the boy by giving vent to it, he suppressed his feelings and submitted to be sworn at once.
Massacres are to be sternly forbidden as heretofore; but any citizen or subject of either country disobeying the injunction is to detach the scalps of all persons massacred and deposit them with a local officer designated to receive and preserve them and sworn to keep and render a true account thereof.
 
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