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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Where there is one engineer who will perjure himself in the fashion as set forth above there are many thousands of engineers who could not be bought for this purpose at any amount of money.
From Opportunities in Engineering by Charles M. (Charles Marcus) Horton
If he will perjure himself, let him forswear himself in person.
From Count Hannibal A Romance of the Court of France by Stanley John Weyman
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
“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
