reswear

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verb

To swear again or anew.

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Meanings

verbreswear (third-person singular simple present reswears, present participle reswearing, simple past reswore, past participle resworn)

present singular third person reswears · participle present reswearing · past reswore · participle past resworn · alternative re-swear

  1. transitiveTo swear again or anew.

    “I don’t think it’s credible to state that the city should reswear officers who were already sworn in,” Mr. Wright said.

    2007 August 12, “For Want of a Swearing In, an Arrest Is Lost in Indiana”, in New York Times

Origin

From re- + swear.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

swearer
Cite this entry
APA

reswear. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reswear

MLA

“reswear.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reswear. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “reswear,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reswear.

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