Plain brewed coffee contains almost no calories, while coffee with dairy products, sugar, and other flavorings is much higher in calories. An espresso has 20 calories. A nonfat latte has 72, while a flavored one has 134.
ABJURE
abjure, recant, forswear, retract, resile
(verb) formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually under pressure; “He retracted his earlier statements about his religion”; “She abjured her beliefs”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
abjure (third-person singular simple present abjures, present participle abjuring, simple past and past participle abjured)
(transitive) to renounce upon oath; to forswear; to disavow. [First attested around 1350 to 1470.]
(transitive, obsolete, historical) to cause one to renounce or recant. [First attested around 1350 to 1470.]
(transitive) to reject with solemnity; to abandon forever; to repudiate; to disclaim. [First attested around 1350 to 1470.]
(transitive) to abstain from; to avoid; to shun.
Synonyms
• (to renounce upon oath): disavow, forswear, renounce; See also repudiate or recant
• (to cause one to renounce or recant)
• (to reject with solemnity): disclaim, repudiate
• (to abstain from): avoid, shun; See also avoid
Anagrams
• Juarbe
Source: Wiktionary
Ab*jure", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Abjured; p. pr. & vb. n. Abjuring.] Etym: [L. abjurare to deny upon oath; ab + jurare to swear, fr. jus, juris, right, law; cf. F. abjurer. See Jury.]
1. To renounce upon oath; to forswear; to disavow; as, to abjure allegiance to a prince. To abjure the realm, is to swear to abandon it forever.
2. To renounce or reject with solemnity; to recant; to abandon forever; to reject; repudiate; as, to abjure errors. "Magic I here abjure." Shak.
Syn.
– See Renounce.
Ab*jure", v. i.
Definition: To renounce on oath. Bp. Burnet.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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