forswear

Definitions


[fɔːˈswɛː], (Verb)

Definitions:
- agree to give up or do without
(e.g: the country has not forsworn nuclear weapons)

- commit perjury; swear falsely
(e.g: I swore that I would lead us safely home and I do not mean to be forsworn)


Phrases:

Origin:
Old English forswerian(see for-, swear)




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