n. Function: verb
1
Synonyms: VOW , covenant, pledge, plight
Idioms: swear on a stack of Bibles, swear to God, swear up and down
2
Synonyms: TESTIFY 2, depone, depose, ||mount
3 to use profane, blasphemous, or obscene language FF1C; swore when the horse threw him FF1E;
Synonyms: bedamn, curse, cuss, damn, execrate, imprecate
Related Words: blaspheme; rail, rant; abuse, revile, vilify, vituperate
Idioms: ||chew the dirty rag, curse and swear, fall a-cursing, ||let out religion, make the air blue, rip ( or rap) out an oath, swear like a sailor ( or trooper), use language