perjure
verb (used with object)
to render (oneself ) guilty of swearing falsely or of willfully making a false statement under oath or solemn affirmation.
will perjure
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future tenseof perjure.future tense
Used to express actions, events, or states that have not yet occurred but are expected to happen.
Example Sentences
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Now he will perjure himself; he will descend to the depths of infamy; he will make us blush to our finger-tips before these men—we women who have loved him.
From The Dramas of Victor Hugo: Mary Tudor, Marion de Lorme, Esmeralda by Victor Hugo
“And so am I,” thought Tresham, who stood in the rear, “—that he will perjure himself.”
From Guy Fawkes or The Gunpowder Treason by William Harrison Ainsworth
He that will perjure himself to save a friend, will do it, in a desperate juncture, to save himself.
From Twelve Causes of Dishonesty by Henry Ward Beecher
If he will perjure himself, let him forswear himself in person.
From Historical Romances: Under the Red Robe, Count Hannibal, A Gentleman of France by Stanley J. Weyman
They are unscrupulous about evidence, and many will perjure themselves or bring false witnesses without shame.
From The Inhabitants of the Philippines by Frederic H. Sawyer
