{Sworn brothers}, originally, companions in arms who took an
oath to share together good and bad fortune; hence,
faithful friends.
{Sworn enemies}, determined or irreconcilable enemies.
{Sworn friends}, close friends. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
Sworn — Allgemeine Informationen … Deutsch Wikipedia
sworn — UK US /swɔːn/ adjective [before noun] LAW ► formally and officially stated to be true: »Investigators took sworn statements from a number of employees … Financial and business terms
sworn — past participle of SWEAR(Cf. ↑swearer). ► ADJECTIVE 1) given under oath. 2) determined to remain the specified thing: sworn enemies … English terms dictionary
sworn — [swôrn] vi., vt. pp. of SWEAR adj. bound, pledged, promised, etc. by or as by an oath … English World dictionary
sworn — index agreed (promised) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
sworn — sworn1 [ swɔrn ] adjective 1. ) made or given by someone who promises that everything they are going to say is true: sworn testimony The committee has begun taking sworn statements from people involved in this matter. 2. ) sworn enemies or… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
sworn — [[t]swɔ͟ː(r)n[/t]] 1) Sworn is the past participle of swear. 2) ADJ: ADJ n If you make a sworn statement or declaration, you swear that everything that you have said in it is true. The allegations against them were made in sworn evidence to the… … English dictionary
sworn — sworn1 [swo:n US swo:rn] the past participle of ↑swear sworn 2 sworn2 adj 1.) sworn enemies two people or groups of people who will always hate each other 2.) sworn statement/evidence/testimony etc a statement etc that someone makes after… … Dictionary of contemporary English
sworn — man·sworn; sworn; un·sworn; … English syllables
sworn — I UK [swɔː(r)n] / US [swɔrn] adjective 1) made or given by someone who promises that everything they are going to say is true sworn testimony The committee has begun taking sworn statements from people involved in this matter. 2) sworn enemies or … English dictionary
