sworn

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English sworen, isworen, from Old English sworen, ġesworen, from Proto-West Germanic *swaran, *giswaran, from Proto-Germanic *swaranaz, past participle of Proto-Germanic *swarjaną (“to swear”), equivalent to swear +‎ -en. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /swɔːn/ (General American) IPA(key): /swɔɹn/ (rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA(key): /swo(ː)ɹn/ (non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA(key): /swoən/ Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)n === Verb === sworn past participle of swear === Adjective === sworn (not comparable) Given or declared under oath. Bound as though by an oath. Ardent, devout. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === References === “sworn”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.