Definition of "sware" [sware]

• Archaic A past tense of swear. (verb)

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• "Jonathan's soothing assurances did not satisfy David, and he 'sware' in the earnestness of his conviction."
• "Try listening to the Constitution, the only thing you sware an oath to."
• "They wrote a huge e-mail reply back to my last reply. i sware he put more time into the e-mail then just giving me a free app and be done with it."