"swear the peace" meaning in English

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    {
      "form": "swears the peace",
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    },
    {
      "form": "swearing the peace",
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        "participle",
        "present"
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    },
    {
      "form": "swore the peace",
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        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sworn the peace",
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        "participle",
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        "1": "swear<,,swore,sworn> the peace"
      },
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      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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        {
          "ref": "1798, Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin, “[Maria: or, The] Wrongs of Woman”, in W[illiam] Godwin, editor, Posthumous Works of the Author of A Vindication of the Rights of Woman. […], volume II, London: […] J[oseph] Johnson, […]; and G[eorge,] G[eorge] and J[ohn] Robinson, […], →OCLC, chapter XI, page 57:",
          "text": "He […] told me he deſpiſed my threats; I had no reſource; I could not ſwear the peace againſt him!—I was not afraid of my life!—he had never ſtruck me!",
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        }
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      "glosses": [
        "To swear legally (against someone) that one is in fear of physical violence from a person, in order that they be put under bond to keep the peace."
      ],
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        [
          "against",
          "against#English"
        ],
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          "keep the peace",
          "keep the peace"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(now historical) To swear legally (against someone) that one is in fear of physical violence from a person, in order that they be put under bond to keep the peace."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "tags": [
            "obsolete"
          ],
          "word": "pray the peace"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "historical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "swear the peace"
}

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      "form": "swears the peace",
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        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "swearing the peace",
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        "participle",
        "present"
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    },
    {
      "form": "swore the peace",
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        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sworn the peace",
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        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
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      },
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      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
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  "pos": "verb",
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        {
          "ref": "1798, Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin, “[Maria: or, The] Wrongs of Woman”, in W[illiam] Godwin, editor, Posthumous Works of the Author of A Vindication of the Rights of Woman. […], volume II, London: […] J[oseph] Johnson, […]; and G[eorge,] G[eorge] and J[ohn] Robinson, […], →OCLC, chapter XI, page 57:",
          "text": "He […] told me he deſpiſed my threats; I had no reſource; I could not ſwear the peace againſt him!—I was not afraid of my life!—he had never ſtruck me!",
          "type": "quote"
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      ],
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        "To swear legally (against someone) that one is in fear of physical violence from a person, in order that they be put under bond to keep the peace."
      ],
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          "swear",
          "swear"
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        [
          "against",
          "against#English"
        ],
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          "keep the peace",
          "keep the peace"
        ]
      ],
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        "(now historical) To swear legally (against someone) that one is in fear of physical violence from a person, in order that they be put under bond to keep the peace."
      ],
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        "historical"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "obsolete"
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      "word": "pray the peace"
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  ],
  "word": "swear the peace"
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