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 Definitions of forswear  [ɔrˈswɛər]  

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Definition of 'forswear' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (v.t.) forswear
to renounce under oath; abjure:
to forswear one's sinful ways.

2.  forswear
to deny vehemently or under oath.

3.  forswear
to perjure (oneself).

4. (v.i.) forswear
to swear falsely; commit perjury.

Etymology:  (bef. 900)

Definition of 'forswear' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (verb) abjure, recant, forswear, retract, resile
formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually under pressure
"He retracted his earlier statements about his religion"; "She abjured her beliefs"


Definition of 'forswear' Webster Dictionary 

1. (verb) forswear
to reject or renounce upon oath; hence, to renounce earnestly, determinedly, or with protestations

2. (verb) forswear
to deny upon oath

3. (verb) forswear
to swear falsely; to commit perjury


Translation of 'forswear' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: to give up; to stop
He has forsworn all his bad habits.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: afsweer Arabic flag Arabic: يَترُك، يَنْبُذ، يُقْسِم Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: преставам
Brazilian flag Brazilian: abandonar Czech flag Czech: zříct se German flag German: entsagen
Danish flag Danish: give afkald på; opgive; f Greek flag Greek: απαρνούμαι, εγκαταλείπω Spanish flag Spanish: renunciar a
Estonian flag Estonian: lahtiütlema Farsi flag Farsi: دست کشیدن از Finnish flag Finnish: luopua
French flag French: renoncerà Hebrew flag Hebrew: לְהִתחַייֵב לְהִתרַחֵק מ- Hindi flag Hindi: शपथ खाकर छोड़ना
Croatian flag Croatian: ostaviti, odreci se (zakl Hungarian flag Hungarian: vmiről ünnepélyesen lemon Indonesian flag Indonesian: menghentikan
Icelandic flag Icelandic: afneita hátíðlega Italian flag Italian: rinunciare a, rinnegare Japanese flag Japanese: やめる
Korean flag Korean: 단연코 끊다 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: mesti, atsisakyti Latvian flag Latvian: atteikties; atmest
Malay flag Malay: menghentikan Dutch flag Dutch: afzweren Norwegian flag Norwegian: avsverge, love høytidlig
Polish flag Polish: zarzucić Persian flag Persian: دست کشیدن از Pashto flag Pashto: لاس اخیستل (له)
Portuguese flag Portuguese: abandonar Romanian flag Romanian: a renunţa la Russian flag Russian: отрекаться
Slovak flag Slovak: odriecť si, zrieknuť sa Slovenian flag Slovenian: odreči se Serbian flag Serbian: odreći se
Swedish flag Swedish: avsvärja sig Thai flag Thai: เลิก; หยุด Turkish flag Turkish: yeminle terketmek
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 摒絕,斷然放棄 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: відмовлятися, зрікатися Urdu flag Urdu: چھوڑنا، بند کرنا
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: thề bỏ; thề chừa Chinese flag Chinese: 摒绝,断然放弃

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