"swear upon" meaning in English

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "swears upon",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "swearing upon",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "swore upon",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sworn upon",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "swear<,,swore,sworn> upon"
      },
      "expansion": "swear upon (third-person singular simple present swears upon, present participle swearing upon, simple past swore upon, past participle sworn upon)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English phrasal verbs with particle (upon)",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "to swear upon the Holy Writ to speak the truth",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To take an oath on someone or something."
      ],
      "id": "en-swear_upon-en-verb-3Ob9uctA",
      "links": [
        [
          "oath",
          "oath"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, formal) To take an oath on someone or something."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "swear on"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "swear upon"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "swears upon",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "swearing upon",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "swore upon",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sworn upon",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "swear<,,swore,sworn> upon"
      },
      "expansion": "swear upon (third-person singular simple present swears upon, present participle swearing upon, simple past swore upon, past participle sworn upon)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English formal terms",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English phrasal verbs",
        "English phrasal verbs with particle (upon)",
        "English terms with usage examples",
        "English transitive verbs",
        "English verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "to swear upon the Holy Writ to speak the truth",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To take an oath on someone or something."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "oath",
          "oath"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, formal) To take an oath on someone or something."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "swear on"
    }
  ],
  "word": "swear upon"
}