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PERJURE
perjure
(verb) knowingly tell an untruth in a legal court and render oneself guilty of perjury
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
perjure (third-person singular simple present perjures, present participle perjuring, simple past and past participle perjured)
(reflexive) To knowingly and willfully make a false statement of witness while in court.
(transitive) To cause to violate an oath or a vow; to cause to make oath knowingly to what is untrue; to make guilty of perjury; to forswear; to corrupt.
(transitive) To make a false oath to; to deceive by oaths and protestations.
Synonyms
• forswear, manswear
Noun
perjure (plural perjures)
(obsolete) A perjured person.
Source: Wiktionary
Per"jure, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Perjured; p. pr. & vb. n. Perjuring.] Etym: [F. parjurer, L. perjurare, perjerare; per through, over + jurare to swear. See Jury.]
1. To cause to violate an oath or a vow; to cause to make oath knowingly to what is untrue; to make guilty of perjury; to forswear; to corrupt; -- often used reflexively; as, he perjured himself. Want will perjure The ne'er-touched vestal. Shak.
2. To make a false oath to; to deceive by oaths and protestations. [Obs.] And with a virgin innocence did pray For me, that perjured her. J. Fletcher.
Syn.
– To Perjure, Forswear. These words have been used interchangeably; but there is a tendency to restrict perjure to that species of forswearing which constitutes the crime of perjury at law, namely, the willful violation of an oath administered by a magistrate or according to law.
Per"jure, n. Etym: [L. perjurus: cf. OF. parjur, F. parjure.]
Definition: A perjured person. [Obs.] Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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