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swear out

swear out verb: to obtain (a warrant or the like) by swearing to facts.

Verb

swear out (third-person singular simple present swears out, present participle swearing out, simple past swore out, past participle sworn out)

  1. (transitive) To obtain (a warrant or the like) by swearing to facts.
    • I've sworn out a complaint against you.
    • He further testified that he assistant city solicitor […] submitted to him a written opinion, to the effect that the playing of baseball within the city on Sunday did not constitute any infraction of the laws […] , and that, in reliance upon this opinion, he declined to swear out informations...1913 December 13, Byron W. Preston, opinion, State v. Roth et al., reprinted in, 1914, Northwestern Reporter, volume 144, pages 342–343 http://google.com/books?id=fik8AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA343&dq=swear-out

Forms of swear out

third-person singular presentswears out
present participleswearing out
pastswore out
past participlesworn out

Questions about swear out

What does swear out mean?
Swear out means to obtain (a warrant or the like) by swearing to facts.
What part of speech is swear out?
Swear out is a verb.
What is the past tense of swear out?
The past tense of swear out is swore out.

Words near swear out in the dictionary

  1. swear like a trooper
  2. swear off
  3. swear on
  4. swear on a stack
  5. swear on a stack of Bibles
  6. swear out
  7. swear the peace
  8. swear to God
  9. swear upon
  10. swear word
  11. swear words

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