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swear in

Verb

Meaning

administer on oath to

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Do you curse where you come from? Do you swear in the night? Will it mean much to you If I treat you right? Do you like what you're doing? Would you do it some more? Or will you stop once and wonder What you're doing it for? Hey slow Jane, make sense. Slow, slow, Jane, cross the fence. Nick Drake

if you'd teach me to swear in russian, i might have a new appreciation for it. Richelle Mead

My father could swear in Gaelic and English, by the way, ladies and gentlemen. Denis Leary

I have met lots of women who have grown up in Turkey who cannot bring themselves to swear in Turkish. But in English they use the F-word all the time. Writing is like that for me. Elif Shafak

The speaker of the House swore in the new President Source: Internet

A two-thirds majority were prepared to elect Cardinal Jean-Raymond de Comminges, the Bishop of Porto, if he would only swear in advance to agree not to return the Papacy to Rome. Source: Internet

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