intransitive verb. undefined

intransitive verb. To decide or declare that one will not or will no longer engage in (an activity or habit, for example).

intransitive verb. To decide or declare that one will not or will no longer use or be associated with (something).

intransitive verb. To disavow under oath.

intransitive verb. To make (oneself) guilty of perjury.

intransitive verb. To swear falsely; commit perjury

idiom. (be forsworn) To commit perjury.

To reject or renounce upon oath; renounce earnestly, determinedly, or with protestations; abjure.

To deny upon oath or with strong asseveration.

Synonyms Renounce, Recant, Abjure, etc. See renounce. For forswear one's self, see perjure.

To swearfalsely; commit perjury.

intransitive verb. To swear falsely; to commit perjury.

transitive verb. To reject or renounce upon oath; hence, to renounce earnestly, determinedly, or with protestations.

transitive verb. To deny upon oath.

transitive verb. to swear falsely; to perjure one's self.

verb. To renounce or deny something, especially under oath.

verb. To commit perjury.

verb. formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually under pressure

"If bent on wilful aims and lewd I fain forswear thee, ah!"

to forswear one's self  

disown  renounce  repudiate  

Adair  Aer  Altair  Astaire  Ayre  

Cavendish  Dt  baptize  blasphemer  cantonal  

abandon  abandon  abdicate  abjure  abjure  

forswore  forsworn  

forswearing  forswears  forswore  forsworn