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perjure
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[ˈpəːdʒə], (Verb)
Definitions:
- wilfully tell an untruth or make a misrepresentation under oath; commit perjury
(e.g: she admitted that she had perjured herself)
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Origin
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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’
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