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forswear

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Scrabble points
14
Words With Friends
14
Letters
8
Pronunciation
/fə(ɹ)ˈswɛə(ɹ)/
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/fə(ɹ)ˈswɛə(ɹ)/ · /fɔː(ɹ)ˈswɛə(ɹ)/

Definition of forswear

2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

verb

  1. (transitive)To renounce or deny something, especially under oath.
    “We forswear allegiance and support for the Economic Freedom Fighters.”
    “Never to woo her more; but do forswear her.”
    “Like Innocence, and as serenely bold / As Truth, how loudly He forswears thy Gold!.”
    “Long since he had given up every intention of returning to civilization, and now he had decided to see no more his black friends of the Waziri. He had forsworn humanity forever. He had started life an ape—as an ape he would die.”
    “Either forswear fucking others or the affair is over.”
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verb

  1. (transitive)To renounce or deny something, especially under oath.
    “We forswear allegiance and support for the Economic Freedom Fighters.”
    “Never to woo her more; but do forswear her.”
    “Like Innocence, and as serenely bold / As Truth, how loudly He forswears thy Gold!.”
    “Long since he had given up every intention of returning to civilization, and now he had decided to see no more his black friends of the Waziri. He had forsworn humanity forever. He had started life an ape—as an ape he would die.”
    “Either forswear fucking others or the affair is over.”
  2. (intransitive, reflexive)To commit perjury; to break an oath.

Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.

Etymology

From Middle English forsweren, from Old English forswerian (“to swear falsely”). Cognate with Old Saxon farswerian, Old High German farsweren, German verschwören. More at for- + swear.

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