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Definition of Forswear
1. Verb. Formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually under pressure. "She abjured her beliefs"
Generic synonyms: Disown, Renounce, Repudiate
Derivative terms: Abjuration, Abjurer, Forswearing, Recantation, Retraction
Definition of Forswear
1. v. t. To reject or renounce upon oath; hence, to renounce earnestly, determinedly, or with protestations.
2. v. i. To swear falsely; to commit perjury.
Definition of Forswear
1. Verb. (transitive) To renounce or deny something, especially under oath. ¹
2. Verb. (intransitive) To commit perjury. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Forswear
1. to deny under oath [v -SWORE, -SWORN, -SWEARING, -SWEARS]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Forswear
Literary usage of Forswear
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Critical Pronouncing Dictionary, and Expositor of the English Language: To by John Walker (1806)
"To renounce upon oath ; to deny upon oath ; with the reciprocal pronoun, as to
forswear him- «elf, to he perjured, to s wear falsely. ..."
2. Bell's British Theatre: Consisting of the Most Esteemed English Plays by John Bell (1797)
"I have a great mind to forswear cards as long as I ... I'll maintain, that the
money at Wild What, forswear cards I Why, madam, you ti court circulates more ..."
3. Letters of George Meredith by George Meredith (1912)
"I have in fact said that we wear too much clothing—still, Fred, it is surely an
excess to forswear a single garment, and rely upon hair to cover your body, ..."
4. A Select Collection of Old Plays: In Twelve Volumes ; with Additional Notes by Isaac Reed, Robert Dodsley, Octavius Gilchrist, John Payne Collier (1827)
"As to forswear myself—Tis truth, great sir, The honour of your bed hath been abus'd.
... forswear ..."
5. The Metropolitan (1832)
"... he had worthily propitiated Heaven's forgiveness, through the medium of the
sacrament he had so recently proposed, along with that Heaven, to forswear. ..."
6. A Dictionary of American Politics: Comprising Accounts of Political Parties by Everit Brown, Albert Strauss (1907)
"We further pledge ourselves to strive for the enactment of more stringent laws
for the exclusion of Mongolian and Malayan immigration. pels them to forswear ..."
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