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forsworn

American  
[fawr-swawrn, -swohrn] / fɔrˈswɔrn, -ˈswoʊrn /
Also foresworn

verb

  1. past participle of forswear.

adjective

  1. perjured.

forsworn British  
/ fɔːˈswɔːn /

verb

  1. the past participle of forswear

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Other Word Forms

  • forswornness noun
  • unforsworn adjective

Etymology

Origin of forsworn

First recorded before 1000, for the adjective

Example Sentences

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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

“I am not just a symbol,” Charles protests after she takes him to task for his unbecoming display of personality, something she has long ago forsworn.

From New York Times • Nov. 6, 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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