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for·swear also fore·swear  (fôr-swâr, fr-)

v. for·swore also fore·swore (fôr-swôr, fr-swr), for·sworn also fore·sworn (fôr-swôrn, fr-swrn), for·swear·ing also fore·swear·ing, for·swears also fore·swears

v.tr.

1.

a. To renounce or repudiate under oath.

b. To renounce seriously.

2. To disavow under oath; deny.

3. To make (oneself) guilty of perjury.

v.intr.

To swear falsely; commit perjury.

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[Middle English forsweren, from Old English forswerian : for-, wrongly; see for- + swerian, to swear; see swear.]

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forswear [fɔːˈswɛə]

vb -swears, -swearing, -swore, -sworn

1. (tr) to reject or renounce with determination or as upon oath

2. (tr) to deny or disavow absolutely or upon oath he forswore any knowledge of the crime

3. (Law) to perjure (oneself)

[Old English forswearian]

forswearer  n

Thesaurus

Verb

1.

forswear - formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually under pressure; "He retracted his earlier statements about his religion"; "She abjured her beliefs" abjure, recant, retract, resile repudiate, disown, renounce - cast off; "She renounced her husband"; "The parents repudiated their son"

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forswear

verb

1. renounce, drop (informal), give up, abandon, forsake, forgo, abjure, swear off giving up drink or forswearing sex

2. reject, deny, retract, repudiate, disown, disavow, recant, disclaim He forswore the use of trade sanctions.

Translations

forswear [fɔːˈswɛəʳ] (forswore (pt) (forsworn (pp))) VT (frm) → abjurar de, renunciar a
to forswear o.s (= perjure o.s.) → perjurarse

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forswear [fɔː^rˈswɛə^r] vt (= renounce) [violence, weapons, ambition, claim, possessions] → renoncer à

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forswear pret <forswore> ptp <forsworn>

vt

(= renounce) → abschwören (+dat); he has forsworn smoking → er hat hoch und heilig versprochen, nicht mehr zu rauchen

(= deny) → unter Eid verneinen or leugnen

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forswear

v forswear [foːˈsweə]

to give up; to stop He has forsworn all his bad habits. afsweer يَترُك، يَنْبُذ، يُقْسِم أن يَتْرُك преставам zříct se give afkald på; opgive; forsværge entsagen απαρνούμαι, εγκαταλείπω renunciar a lahti ütlema دست کشیدن از luopua renoncer à לְהִתחַייֵב לְהִתרַחֵק מ- शपथ खाकर छोड़ना ostaviti, odreci se (zakletvom) vmiről ünnepélyesen lemond menghentikan afneita hátíðlega rinunciare a, rinnegare やめる 단연코 끊다 mesti, atsisakyti atteikties; atmest menghentikan afzweren avsverge, love høytidlig å slutte med (noe) zarzucić abandonar a renunţa la отрекаться odriecť si, zrieknuť sa odreči se odreći se avsvärja sig สาบานว่าจะไม่กระทำ yeminle terketmek 摒絕，斷然放棄 відмовлятися, зрікатися چھوڑنا، بند کرنا thề bỏ; thề chừa 摒绝，断然放弃