Forsworn
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Forswear \For*swear"\, v. t. [imp. {Forswore}; p. p. {Forsworn};
p. pr. & vb. n. {Forswearing}.] [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.
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I . . . do forswear her. --Shak.
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2. To deny upon oath.
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Like innocence, and as serenely bold
As truth, how loudly he forswears thy gold!
--Dryden.
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{To forswear one's self}, to swear falsely; to perjure one's
self. "Thou shalt not forswear thyself." --Matt. v. 33.
Syn: See {Perjure}.
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from
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
57 Moby Thesaurus words for "forsworn":
abandoned, abjured, artful, calculating, ceded, contemned, crafty,
deceitful, declined, declined with thanks, denied, despised,
disapproved, discarded, discounted, disdained, dishonest,
disingenuous, dismissed, disowned, dispensed with, disposed of,
equivocal, excepted, excluded, falsehearted, forgone, ignored,
insincere, lying, mendacious, not considered, perjured,
prevaricating, rebuffed, recanted, refused, rejected, released,
relinquished, renounced, repudiated, repulsed, retracted,
sacrificed, scheming, scouted, spurned, surrendered, truthless,
uncandid, unfrank, unsincere, untruthful, unveracious, waived,
yielded
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