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  • 41perjure one's self — Forswear one s self, swear falsely, take a false oath, bear false witness, break one s word, break one s faith, play false …

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  • 42abjure — abjure, renounce, forswear, recant, retract are synonymous when they mean to abandon irrevocably and, usually, with solemnity or publicity. Except in the extended senses of abjure, renounce, and forswear they all imply the recall of one’s word.… …

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  • 43perjure — perjure, forswear are comparable when they mean to violate one s oath or, when used reflexively, to make a false swearer of oneself. In general use perjure is often employed less precisely than in law, where it is a technical term meaning to make …

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  • 44abjure — transitive verb (abjured; abjuring) Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French or Latin; Anglo French abjurer, from Latin abjurare, from ab + jurare to swear more at jury Date: 15th century 1. a. to renounce upon oath b. to reject …

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  • 45renounce — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. abjure, disclaim, disown, repudiate, reject, give up, abandon, surrender. See rejection. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To abandon] Syn. relinquish, forswear, forsake, quit; see abandon 1 . 2. [To… …

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  • 46παρορκήσει — παρορκέω forswear oneself aor subj act 3rd sg (epic) παρορκέω forswear oneself fut ind mid 2nd sg παρορκέω forswear oneself fut ind act 3rd sg …

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  • 47Perjure — Per jure, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Perjured}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Perjuring}.] [F. parjurer, L. perjurare, perjerare; per through, over + jurare to swear. See {Jury}.] 1. To cause to violate an oath or a vow; to cause to make oath knowingly to what is… …

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  • 48Perjured — Perjure Per jure, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Perjured}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Perjuring}.] [F. parjurer, L. perjurare, perjerare; per through, over + jurare to swear. See {Jury}.] 1. To cause to violate an oath or a vow; to cause to make oath knowingly to… …

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  • 49Perjuring — Perjure Per jure, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Perjured}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Perjuring}.] [F. parjurer, L. perjurare, perjerare; per through, over + jurare to swear. See {Jury}.] 1. To cause to violate an oath or a vow; to cause to make oath knowingly to… …

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  • 50abandon — aban·don vt 1: to give up with the intent of never again asserting or claiming an interest in (a right or property) 2: to disassociate oneself from or forsake in spite of a duty or responsibility to abandon one s child 3: to renounce one s… …

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