sworn

English

Etymology

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.

Pronunciation

• (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/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)n

Verb

sworn

1. past participle of swear

Adjective

sworn (not comparable)

1. Given or declared under oath.

   His sworn statement convinced the judge.

2. Bound as though by an oath.
   • 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

Derived terms

• sworn broker
• sworn virgin

 

Translations

Given under oath

• Bulgarian: заклет (bg) (zaklet)
• Greek:

  Ancient: ὅρκιος (hórkios)

• Polish: przysięgły (pl)
• Portuguese: juramento (pt)
• Russian: заклятый (ru) (zakljatyj)
• Spanish: jurado (es), jurada (es)
• Swedish: svuren (sv)

References

• “sworn”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.