Forswear Definition
fôrswer
forswearing, forswears, forswore, forsworn
verb
forswearing, forswears, forswore, forsworn
To decide or declare that one will not or will no longer engage in (an activity or habit, for example).
A political group that has forsworn violence.
American Heritage
To decide or declare that one will not or will no longer use or be associated with (something).
American Heritage
To deny earnestly or on oath.
Webster's New World
To swear falsely; commit perjury.
Webster's New World
To make (oneself) guilty of perjury.
American Heritage
Synonyms:
Antonyms:
- go back to
- revert
- stick-with
- adhere (to)
idiom
be forsworn
- To commit perjury.
American Heritage
be forsworn
- To commit perjury.
American Heritage
forswear oneself
- to swear falsely; perjure oneself
Webster's New World
Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Forswear
- be forsworn
- be forsworn
- forswear oneself
Origin of Forswear
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Middle English forsweren from Old English forswerian for- wrongly for– swerian to swear swear
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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Middle English forsweren from Old English forswerian for- wrongly for– swerian to swear swear
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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Middle English forsweren, from Old English forswerian (“to swear falsely”). More at for- + swear.
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