sworn
verbeadjectifcourant dans les dialogues
- Royaume-Uni//swɔːn//
- États-Unis//swɔɹn//
- //swo(ː)ɹn//
- //swoən//
Given or declared under oath.
verbe
- 1
Aussi une forme de swearpast participle of swear
Étymologie
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.
adjectif
- 1
Given or declared under oath.
His sworn statement convinced the judge.
- 2
Bound as though by an oath.
I'm sworn to secrecy.
Swum ashore, man, like a duck. I can swim like a duck, I'll be sworn.
- 3
Ardent, devout.
a sworn foe
a sworn socialist