sworn

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.

• (General American) IPA^(key): /swɔɹn/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /swɔːn/
• (rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA^(key): /swo(ː)ɹn/
• (non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA^(key): /swoən/

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• Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)n

sworn

1. past participle of swear

sworn (not comparable)

1. Given or declared under oath.

   His sworn statement convinced the judge.

2. Bound as though by an oath.

   I'm sworn to secrecy.

   • 1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene ii]:

     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

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