forswear
21forswear — Synonyms and related words: abandon, abdicate, abjure, acknowledge defeat, assert the contrary, back down, back out, backwater, belie, brush aside, cease, cede, chuck, chuck out, climb down, contemn, contest, contradict, contravene, controvert,… …
22forswear — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. deny, abjure; commit perjury. See negation, falsehood. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. abjure, renounce, repudiate, retract; see abandon 1 , deny . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) v. renounce, disavow, deny,… …
23forswear — for|swear [fo:ˈsweə US fo:rˈswer] v past tense forswore [ ˈswo: US ˈswo:r] past participle forsworn [ ˈswo:n US ˈswo:rn] [T] formal [: Old English; Origin: forswerian] to stop doing something or promise that you will stop doing something =… …
24forswear — for|swear [ fɔr swer ] (past tense for|swore [ fɔr swɔr ] ; past participle for|sworn [ fɔr swɔrn ] ) verb transitive VERY FORMAL to agree to give up something or stop doing something …
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26forswear — v. a. == give up a thing. RG. 387 == perjure, part. ‘forsworn.’ RG. 446, 457 …
27forswear — for·swear || fÉ”r swer /fÉ”Ë sweÉ™ v. swear to give up, renounce; deny under oath, strongly deny; commit perjury, deny falsely under oath …
28forswear — v. a. 1. Renounce (upon oath), reject, leave, quit, desert, forsake, abandon, drop. 2. Deny, abjure, recant, retract, renounce …
29forswear — verb past tense forswore past participle forsworn (T) literary to stop doing something or promise that you will stop doing something: a monk forswearing all possessions …
30forswear — verb, formal we are formally forswearing the use of chemical weapons Syn: renounce, relinquish, reject, forgo, disavow, abandon, deny, repudiate, give up, wash one s hands of; eschew, abstain from, refrain from; informal kick, pack in, quit …
