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swear

What is the past tense of swear?

The past tense of swear is swore, and the past participle is sworn.

Swear is an irregular (strong) verb: the vowel changes instead of adding -ed.

All forms of swear

as a verb

base
swear
past tense
swore
past participle
sworn
present participle
swearing
third-person singular
swears