perjure

Definitions


[ˈpəːdʒə], (Verb)

Definitions:
- wilfully tell an untruth or make a misrepresentation under oath; commit perjury
(e.g: she admitted that she had perjured herself)


Phrases:

Origin:
late Middle English (as perjured in the sense ‘guilty of perjury’): from Old French parjurer, from Latin perjurare ‘swear falsely’, from per- ‘to ill effect’ + jurare ‘swear’




definition by Oxford Dictionaries