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Definition of "forswear" []

  • To renounce or repudiate under oath. (verb-transitive)
  • To renounce seriously. (verb-transitive)
  • To disavow under oath; deny. (verb-transitive)
  • To make (oneself) guilty of perjury. (verb-transitive)
  • To swear falsely; commit perjury. (verb-intransitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "forswear" in a sentence
  • "If bent on wilful aims and lewd I fain forswear thee, ah!"
  • "The word forswear has appeared in 15 Times articles over the past year, including in a March 14, 2010"
  • "By those laws, men were forbid to perjure themselves, or to forswear, that is, swear falsely."