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Definition of Forswore
1. forswear [v] - See also: forswear
Lexicographical Neighbors of Forswore
Literary usage of Forswore
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Glory and the Shame of England by Charles Edwards Lester (1845)
"marked her national character in the reign of Elizabeth, a Protestant queen, for
whom she again forswore the ancient religion, or the unhappy days of James, ..."
2. Fox's Book of Martyrs: The Acts and Monuments of the Church by John Foxe, John Cumming (1844)
"... but at the last he took the cross and forswore the king's land. And as he went
his way, it happened him to come by the same place where he had done that ..."
3. A Critical Pronouncing Dictionary, and Expositor of the English Language: To by John Walker (1806)
"... va Prêt. forswore ; part. Forsworn. To renounce upon oath ; to deny upon oath ;
with the reciprocal pronoun, as to forswear him- «elf, to he perjured, ..."
4. The plays (poems) of Shakespeare, ed. by H. Staunton, the illustr. by J by William Shakespeare (1858)
"A woman I forswore; but, I will prove, ... I forswore not thee: My vow wat earthly,
thou a heavenly love; Thy grace being gaind, cures all disgrace in me. ..."
5. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Courts of King's Bench by Great Britain Court of King's Bench, Richard Freeman, Edward Smirke, Great Britain Court of Common Pleas, John Eykyn Hovenden, Great Britain Court of Chancery (1826)
"... ant: and here he avers that he swore nothing in that trial appear to be spoke
these words to him, " Mr. Myan forswore himself in ..."
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