Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for SWORN
SWORN, pp. [of Swear.]
The officers of government are sworn to a faithful discharge of their duty. Sworn friends, is a phrase equivalent to determined, close or firm friends. I am sworn brother, sweet, / To grim necessity. – Shak. Sworn enemies, are determined or irreconcilable enemies.
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