forsworn

[ fawr-swawrn, -swohrn ]

verb

1. past participle of forswear.

adjective

1. perjured.

forsworn

/ fɔːˈswɔːn /

verb

1. See forswear
   the past participle of forswear

Derived Forms

• forˈswornness, noun

Other Words From

• for·swornness noun
• unfor·sworn adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of forsworn¹

First recorded before 1000, for the adjective

Example Sentences

But the vows which pain had extorted were forsworn on the return of health.

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He did not want to dance between those white arms so easily forsworn.

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If I called the recusants forsworn and perjured, thinkest thou the pure in Heaven charged my soul with a sin?

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Once again I must seek those adventures which I had forsworn when my evil star shone so brightly over a gold mine.

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The United States had forsworn knowledge, and for a time no one had been able to say from whence they had come.

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Related Words

• apocryphal
• deceptive
• distorted
• erroneous
• false
• fictitious
• inaccurate
• incorrect
• misleading
• mistaken
• specious
• spurious
• unfaithful
• unsound
• untruthful
• wrong