- past participle of forswear.
forsworn
Americanverb
adjective
verb
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of forsworn
First recorded before 1000, for the adjective
Example Sentences
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They have forsworn normalcy, these holy fools in decaying mansions.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 23, 2026
None of this is to say that Rodrigo has forsworn the type of emotional melodrama that made her a star.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 13, 2023
But as Justice Sonia Sotomayor reminded Clement, “The city has forsworn any future prosecution for past violations.”
From Slate ● Dec. 2, 2019
Have they forsworn the advancing of hypotheses by means of self-serving anecdotes?
From Scientific American ● Jun. 16, 2019
"If you do not return, the whole realm will know you forsworn."
From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin
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