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forswear
[ fawr-swair ]
verb (used with object)
- to reject or renounce under oath:
to forswear an injurious habit.
Synonyms: abandon, forsake, forgo, relinquish, abjure
- to deny vehemently or under oath.
- to perjure (oneself ).
verb (used without object)
- to swear falsely; commit perjury.
forswear
/ fɔːˈswɛə /
verb
- tr to reject or renounce with determination or as upon oath
- tr to deny or disavow absolutely or upon oath
he forswore any knowledge of the crime
- to perjure (oneself)
Derived Forms
- forˈswearer, noun
Other Words From
- for·swear·er noun
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of forswear1
Example Sentences
It’s never been true before in human history that the most powerful weapon available to our species was widely forsworn.
The pact bound partner nations to use space only for peaceful purposes, to forswear claims of sovereignty over any region beyond Earth, to lend aid to astronauts in distress, and more.
You do not forswear studying by electric light because Lincoln relied on his fireplace.
A veritable Judas, preparing to forswear his people and their cause, willing to lie and deny his participation.
They made up their minds to forswear the love of women with all its humiliations and disappointments and futilities.
Fortune had been kind to him and he had passed so many competitors on the way that he could forswear jealousy and be generous.
Well, I go; an he should not take it, Firk swears to forswear him.
We'll trip it tightly, And make my sad young mistress merry again, Or I'll forswear the cellar.
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