What is the meaning of swear?

Utter obscenities or profanities.
- usage: "The drunken men were cursing loudly in the street"
- synonyms: curse, cuss, blaspheme, imprecate
To declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true.
- usage: "Before God I swear I am innocent"
- synonyms: affirm, verify, assert, avow, aver, swan
Promise solemnly; take an oath.
Make a deposition; declare under oath.
- synonyms: depose, depone
Have confidence or faith in.
- usage: "We can trust in God"; "Rely on your friends"; "bank on your good education"; "I swear by my grandmother's recipes"
- synonyms: trust, rely, bank

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