swear
/ˈswɛɚ/ verbe B1En français : jurer, gronder
- To take an oath, to promise intensely, solemnly, and/or with legally binding effect. · The knight swore not to return to the palace until he had found the treasure.
- To take an oath that an assertion is true. · The witness swore that the person she had seen running out of the bank was a foot shorter than the accused.
- To promise intensely that something is true; to strongly assert. · I swear I don't know what you're talking about.· My little brother is such a pest, I swear.
- To administer an oath to (a person). · Let the witness be sworn.
- To use offensive, profane, or obscene language.
He/she/it swears · Prétérit swore · Participe passé sworn · Forme en -ing swearing
Formes du verbe
- Forme de base
- swear
- He/she/it
- swears
- Prétérit
- swore
- Participe passé
- sworn
- Forme en -ing
- swearing
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Verbes à particule et expressions
Dans la bibliothèque
“She’s all right, too, I’d be sworn, even if she does have to work.
“Will you swear to be my friend forever and ever?” demanded Anne eagerly.
“Why it’s dreadfully wicked to swear,” she said rebukingly.
“Oh no, not my kind of swearing.
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