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swore upon

swore upon is the simple past of swear upon.

Meaning of swear upon

Verb

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

  1. (formal, transitive) To take an oath on someone or something.
    • to swear upon the Holy Writ to speak the truth

Questions about swore upon

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

Words near swore upon in the dictionary

  1. swore on
  2. swore on a stack
  3. swore on a stack of Bibles
  4. swore the peace
  5. swore to God
  6. swore upon
  7. sworest
  8. sworn
  9. sworn at
  10. sworn blind
  11. sworn broker

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