swore

Etymology

verb

  1. simple past of swear
  2. (dialectal or colloquial) past participle of swear
    "[…]I have 'swore off' smoking. But you shall have your pipe (the old tobacco) or cigars among the books. It will be quite a delight." 1990 [1875], R. H. Super, quoting Anthony Trollope, The Chronicler of Barsetshire: A Life of Anthony Trollope, page 337
    “Were it not for the fancy French and Latin in it, I'd have swore it was the sort of thing I do not print as a rule, but being as how the order was from one of the members upstairs...” 14 January 2014, Roberta Rogow, The Problem of the Surly Servant, page 109

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