English-Thai Dictionary

forswear

VI ให้การเท็จ  เบิกความ เท็จ  perjure hai-kan-tad

 

forswear

VT สาบาน ว่า จะไม่ กระทำ  abjure recant renounce sa-ban-wa-ja-mai-kra-tam

 

forswear oneself

IDM สาบาน เท็จ  เป็น พยานเท็จ  perjure oneself sa-ban-thed

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

FORSWEAR

v.t. pret.forswore; pp. forsworn. [See Swear and Answer. ] 1. To reject or renounce upon oath.
2. To deny upon oath.
Like innocence, and as serenely bold as truth, how loudly he forswears thy gold.
To forswear one's self, is to swear falsely; to perjure one's self.
Thou shalt not forswear thyself. Matthew 5:33.

 

FORSWEAR

v.i.To swear falsely; to commit perjury.

 

FORSWEARER

n.One who rejects on oath; one who is perjured; one that swears a false oath.

 

FORSWEARING

ppr. Denying on oath; swearing falsely.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

FORSWEAR

For *swear ", v. t. [imp. Forswore; p. p. Forsworn; p. pr. & vb. n.Forswearing. ] Etym: [OE. forsweren, forswerien, AS. forswerian; pref. for- + swerian to swear. See For-, and Swear, v. i.]

 

1. To reject or renounce upon oath; hence, to renounce earnestly, determinedly, or with protestations. I... do forswear her. Shak.

 

2. To deny upon oath. Like innocence, and as serenely bold As truth, how loudly he forswears thy gold! Dryden. To forswear one's self, to swear falsely; to peforswear thyself. "

 

Syn. -- See Perjure.

 

FORSWEAR

FORSWEAR For *swear ", v. i.

 

Defn: To swear falsely; to commit perjury. Shak.

 

FORSWEARER

FORSWEARER For *swear "er, n.

 

Defn: One who rejects of renounces upon oath; one who swears a false oath.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

forswear

for swear |fôrˈswe (ə )r fɔrˈswɛ (ə )r | ▶verb ( past forswore ; past participle forsworn ) [ with obj. ] formal agree to give up or do without (something ): he would never forswear the religion of his people. • (forswear oneself /be forsworn ) swear falsely; commit perjury: I swore that I would lead us safely home and I do not mean to be forsworn. ORIGIN Old English forswerian (see for-, swear ).

 

Oxford Dictionary

forswear

for |swear |fɔːˈswɛː, fə -| ▶verb ( past forswore |-ˈswɔː |; past participle forsworn |-ˈswɔːn | ) [ with obj. ] 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. ORIGIN Old English forswerian (see for-, swear ).

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

forswear

forswear verb formal he forswore violence as a political tool: renounce, relinquish, reject, forgo, disavow, abandon, deny, repudiate, give up, wash one's hands of; eschew, abstain from, refrain from; informal kick, pack in, quit, swear off; Law disaffirm; literary forsake; formal abjure, abnegate. ANTONYMS adhere to, persist with, take up.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

forswear

forswear verb we are formally forswearing the use of chemical weapons: renounce, swear off, forgo, abjure, reject, relinquish, abstain from, refrain from, shun, avoid, eschew, do without, go without, steer clear of, give a wide berth to, have nothing to do with, decline, refuse, repudiate, spurn; give up, dispense with, stop, cease, finish, discontinue, break off, drop, cut out; informal kick, quit, jack in. ANTONYMS adhere to; persist with.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

forswear

for swear /fɔː r swéə r /動詞 (→swear )他動詞 ｟かたく ｠1 …を誓ってやめる, やめると約束する ▸ forswear smoking 喫煙をやめると誓う 2 …を (断じてないと )否認する .forsw é ar one s è lf 偽証する .