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Definition of forswear

verb (past forswore /-ˈswɔː/; past participle forsworn /-ˈswɔːn/)

[with object]
  • 1 formal agree to give up or do without:the country has not forsworn nuclear weapons
  • 2 (forswear oneself/be forsworn) archaic commit perjury; swear falsely: I swore that I would lead us safely home and I do not mean to be forsworn

Origin:

Old English forswerian (see for-, swear)

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