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Also Inflected form of swear

sworn

UK/swɔːn/ US/swɔɹn/ fairly common

adjective

1.

bound by or as if by an oath

  • “according to an early tradition became his sworn brother”
  • “sworn enemies”
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2.

bound by or stated on oath

  • “now my sworn friend and then mine enemy” Shakespeare
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Origin

From Middle English sworen, isworen, from Old English sworen, ġesworen, from Proto-West Germanic *swaran, *giswaran, from Proto-Germanic *swaranaz, past participle of Proto-Germanic *swarjaną (“to swear”), equivalent to swear + -en.

Phrases

  • sworn broker
  • sworn virgin

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