sworn (root: swear)

• POS: Adjective, Verb (usu participle)
• COUNT in NET: 16 in 13 verses (in OT : 11 in 10 verses) (in NT : 5 in 3 verses)

CIDE DICTIONARY

sworn, p. p. 

 p. p. of Swear.  [1913 Webster]

Sworn brothers, originally, companions in arms who took an oath to share together good and bad fortune; hence, faithful friends. -- Sworn enemies, determined or irreconcilable enemies. -- Sworn friends, close friends.

OXFORD DICTIONARY

sworn, 1 past part. of SWEAR.
2 adj. bound by or as by an oath (sworn enemies).

THESAURUS

sworn

affianced, affirmed, alleged, announced, asserted, asseverated, assured, attested, averred, avouched, avowed, betrothed, bound, certified, committed, compromised, confirmed, contracted, declared, deep-dyed, deep-rooted, deep-seated, deposed, dyed-in-the-wool, engaged, entrenched, enunciated, guaranteed, intended, manifestoed, obligated, pledged, plighted, predicated, professed, promised, pronounced, settled, stated, sworn to, underwritten, vouched, vouched for, vowed, warranted