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See US English definition of swear
See UK English definition of swear
See Spanish definition of jurar
1‘the godparents will then swear that they believe in the creed and the commandments’
2‘she swore that she would never go back to her aunt's house’
3‘Kate spilled wine on her jeans and swore’
‘he swore off drink, tobacco, and gambling’
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1‘I swear by the Blessed Virgin that it fell into the sea’
2‘many of the locals swear by these computers’
‘he was sworn in as the country's fifteenth Prime Minister’