different between perjure vs perdure

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

Verb

perdure (third-person singular simple present perdures, present participle perduring, simple past and past participle perdured)

1. (intransitive) To continue to exist, last or endure, especially for a great length of time.
2. (intransitive, philosophy) To exist in such a way as to possess distinct temporal parts (in perdurantism).

French

Verb

perdure

1. first-person singular present indicative of perdurer
2. third-person singular present indicative of perdurer
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of perdurer
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of perdurer
5. second-person singular imperative of perdurer

Anagrams

• dépurer

Spanish

Verb

perdure

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