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swears in

swears in is the third-person singular simple present indicative of swear in.

Meaning of swear in

Verb

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

  1. (transitive) To administer an oath to, as an oath of office or of citizenship.
    • The Chief Justice swore him in as President on Inauguration Day.
    Synonyms:
    inaugurate

Questions about swears in

What is swears in the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Swears in is the third-person singular simple present indicative of swear in.

Words near swears in in the dictionary

  1. swears
  2. swears at
  3. swears blind
  4. swears by
  5. swears down
  6. swears in
  7. swears like a cutter
  8. swears like a pagan
  9. swears like a sailor
  10. swears like a trooper
  11. swears off

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Adapted from Wiktionary: swears in (page history and authors); swear in (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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