forswear
verb (used with object)
to reject or renounce under oath.
have forsworn
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present perfectof forswear.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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They have forsworn normalcy, these holy fools in decaying mansions.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 23, 2026
Several acts this year have forsworn the traditional structure of a stand-up performance in favor of something explicitly educational.
From New York Times ● Aug. 26, 2018
He may have forsworn iron, but he's pretty good with a cudgel.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 15, 2015
President Mahmoud Abbas and his government have forsworn violence and deployed U.S. and Jordanian-trained police forces throughout the West Bank to keep law and order.
From BusinessWeek ● Dec. 22, 2010
"Fine clo'" I have forsworn, and I would not exchange my jolly school-days for all your festive parties.
From Harper's Young People, March 30, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly by Various
