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swore in

swore in is the simple past 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 swore in

What is swore in the simple past of?
Swore in is the simple past of swear in.

Words near swore in in the dictionary

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

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Adapted from Wiktionary: swore 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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