different between perjure vs forswear

English

Etymology

From Old French parjurer, from Latin peri?r?

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?p??(?)d??(?)/
• Rhymes: -??(?)d??(?)
• Homophone: purger

Verb

perjure (third-person singular simple present perjures, present participle perjuring, simple past and past participle perjured)

1. (reflexive) To knowingly and willfully make a false statement of witness while in court.

2. (transitive) To cause to violate an oath or a vow; to cause to make oath knowingly to what is untrue; to make guilty of perjury; to forswear; to corrupt.
3. (transitive) To make a false oath to; to deceive by oaths and protestations.
   • 1608, John Fletcher The Faithful Shepherdess

     And with a virgin innocence did pray / For me, that perjured her.

Synonyms

• forswear, manswear

Related terms

• perjury

Translations

Noun

perjure (plural perjures)

1. (obsolete) A perjured person.

References

Latin

Adjective

perj?re

1. vocative masculine singular of perj?rus

Spanish

Verb

perjure

1. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of perjurar.
2. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of perjurar.
3. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of perjurar.
4. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of perjurar.

English

Alternative forms

• foreswear

Etymology

From Middle English forsweren, from Old English forswerian (“to swear falsely”). Cognate with Old Saxon farswerian, Old High German farsweren, German verschwören. More at for- +? swear.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /f?(?)?sw??(?)/, /f??(?)?sw??(?)/
• Rhymes: -??(r)

Verb

forswear (third-person singular simple present forswears, present participle forswearing, simple past forswore, past participle forsworn)

1. (transitive) To renounce or deny something, especially under oath.
2. (intransitive) To commit perjury; to break an oath.

Translations

Anagrams

• forwears