/swɔː/, /swɔɹ/, /swo(ː)ɹ/
- form-of, pastsimple past of swear
- colloquial, dialectal, form-of, participle, pastpast participle of swear
“If that were all, for some have swore / As false as they, if th' did no more[…]”
“"[…]I have 'swore off' smoking. But you shall have your pipe (the old tobacco) or cigars among the books. It will be quite a delight."”
““Were it not for the fancy French and Latin in it, I'd have swore it was the sort of thing I do not print as a rule, but being as how the order was from one of the members upstairs...””