Forswear

[fɔː'sweə;fə-] or [fɔr'swɛr]

(v. i.) To reject or renounce upon oath; hence, to renounce earnestly, determinedly, or with protestations.

(v. i.) To deny upon oath.

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

Inputed by Hilary

v. a. [1]. Renounce (upon oath), reject, leave, quit, desert, forsake, abandon, drop.[2]. Deny, abjure, recant, retract.

Checker: Seymour

[See ABJURE]

Editor: Ozzie

v.t. to deny upon oath:—pa.t. forswore′; pa.p. forsworn′.—n. Forsworn′ness.—Forswear one's self to swear falsely.

Editor: Lucia

But I'll ne'er forswear mysel' for a' the work the king could gi'e me. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
The plain truth is, I have forsworn and abjured the whole business these many years, and my soul is sick of it. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.

Typed by Catherine