sworn

Definition of Sworn in English :

1. pledged, sworn

bound by or as if by an oath

Example Sentences:
'according to an early tradition became his sworn brother'
'sworn enemies'

2. sworn

bound by or stated on oath

Example Sentences:
'now my sworn friend and then mine enemy'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Sworn

verb

1. the past participle of swear

adjective

2.

bound, pledged, or made inveterate, by or as if by an oath

a sworn statement

he was sworn to God

verb intransitive, verb transitive

1. pp. of

swear

adjective

2.

bound, pledged, promised, etc. by or as by an oath

v.

Past participle of swear.

adj.

1. Having been asserted as true under oath: sworn statements by witnesses.

2. Bound or empowered by an oath: a sworn official.

3. Avowed: a sworn friend.