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Meaning of "forswear" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD FORSWEAR

Old English forswearian.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF FORSWEAR

forswear  [fɔːˈswɛə] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF FORSWEAR

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Forswear is a verb.
The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb forswear in English.

WHAT DOES FORSWEAR MEAN IN ENGLISH?

forswear

Perjury

Perjury, also known as forswearing, is the intentional act of swearing a false oath or of falsifying an affirmation to tell the truth, whether spoken or in writing, concerning matters material to an official proceeding. Contrary to popular misconception, no crime has occurred when a false statement is made while under oath or subject to penalty—instead, criminal culpability only attaches at the instant the declarant falsely asserts the truth of statements which are material to the outcome of the proceeding. For example, it is not perjury to lie about one's age except where age is a fact material to influencing the legal result, such as eligibility for old age retirement benefits or whether a person was of an age to have legal capacity. Perjury is considered a serious offence as it usurps the order created by the Courts. It results in miscarriages of justice, secondary detriment to the person already victim to the first offense, and general detriment to the trust of peace exchanged for payment of taxes.

Definition of forswear in the English dictionary

The first definition of forswear in the dictionary is to reject or renounce with determination or as upon oath. Other definition of forswear is to deny or disavow absolutely or upon oath. Forswear is also to perjure.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO FORSWEAR

PRESENT

Present
I forswear
you forswear
he/she/it forswears
we forswear
you forswear
they forswear
Present continuous
I am forswearing
you are forswearing
he/she/it is forswearing
we are forswearing
you are forswearing
they are forswearing
Present perfect
I have forsworn
you have forsworn
he/she/it has forsworn
we have forsworn
you have forsworn
they have forsworn
Present perfect continuous
I have been forswearing
you have been forswearing
he/she/it has been forswearing
we have been forswearing
you have been forswearing
they have been forswearing
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I forswore
you forswore
he/she/it forswore
we forswore
you forswore
they forswore
Past continuous
I was forswearing
you were forswearing
he/she/it was forswearing
we were forswearing
you were forswearing
they were forswearing
Past perfect
I had forsworn
you had forsworn
he/she/it had forsworn
we had forsworn
you had forsworn
they had forsworn
Past perfect continuous
I had been forswearing
you had been forswearing
he/she/it had been forswearing
we had been forswearing
you had been forswearing
they had been forswearing
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will forswear
you will forswear
he/she/it will forswear
we will forswear
you will forswear
they will forswear
Future continuous
I will be forswearing
you will be forswearing
he/she/it will be forswearing
we will be forswearing
you will be forswearing
they will be forswearing
Future perfect
I will have forsworn
you will have forsworn
he/she/it will have forsworn
we will have forsworn
you will have forsworn
they will have forsworn
Future perfect continuous
I will have been forswearing
you will have been forswearing
he/she/it will have been forswearing
we will have been forswearing
you will have been forswearing
they will have been forswearing
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would forswear
you would forswear
he/she/it would forswear
we would forswear
you would forswear
they would forswear
Conditional continuous
I would be forswearing
you would be forswearing
he/she/it would be forswearing
we would be forswearing
you would be forswearing
they would be forswearing
Conditional perfect
I would have forswear
you would have forswear
he/she/it would have forswear
we would have forswear
you would have forswear
they would have forswear
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been forswearing
you would have been forswearing
he/she/it would have been forswearing
we would have been forswearing
you would have been forswearing
they would have been forswearing
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you forswear
we let´s forswear
you forswear
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to forswear
Past participle
forsworn
Present Participle
forswearing
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH FORSWEAR


anywhere
ˈɛnɪˌwɛə
aware
əˈwɛə
Delaware
ˈdɛləˌwɛə
elsewhere
ˌɛlsˈwɛə
everywhere
ˈɛvrɪˌwɛə
footwear
ˈfʊtˌwɛə
foursquare
ˌfɔːˈskwɛə
hardware
ˈhɑːdˌwɛə
malware
ˈmælwɛə
outerwear
ˈaʊtəwɛə
outswear
ˌaʊtˈswɛə
software
ˈsɒftˌwɛə
somewhere
ˈsʌmˌwɛə
square
skwɛə
swear
swɛə
underwear
ˈʌndəˌwɛə
unswear
ʌnˈswɛə
ware
wɛə
wear
wɛə
where
wɛə

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE FORSWEAR

forslack
forslow
forsook
forsooth
forspeak
forspend
forspent
forspoke
forspoken
Forster
forsterite
forswatt
forswearer
forswink
forswore
forsworn
forswornness
forswunk
Forsyth
forsythia

WORDS THAT END LIKE FORSWEAR

beachwear
bridal wear
casual wear
childrenswear
eyewear
foreswear
knitwear
ladieswear
loungewear
menswear
nightwear
outwear
ready-to-wear
shapewear
sleepwear
sportswear
streetwear
the worse for wear
womenswear
workwear

Synonyms and antonyms of forswear in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «FORSWEAR»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «forswear» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of forswear

Translation of «forswear» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF FORSWEAR

Find out the translation of forswear to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of forswear from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «forswear» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

作伪证
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

abjurar
570 millions of speakers

English

forswear
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

शपथपूर्वक त्यागना
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

نبذ
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

зарекаться
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

renegar
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

মিথ্যা শপথ করা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

abjurer
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Forswear
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

abschwören
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

forswear
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

위증
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Forswear
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

từ bỏ
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

forswear
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

फॉरस्वेअर
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

yemin etmek
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

forswear
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

wyrzec
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

зарікатися
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

renunțe
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

επιορκώ
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

meineed
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

avsvärja
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

forswear
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of forswear

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «FORSWEAR»

The term «forswear» is normally little used and occupies the 112.116 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «FORSWEAR» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «forswear» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «forswear» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about forswear

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FORSWEAR»

Discover the use of forswear in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to forswear and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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English Irregular Verbs: Master 250 irregular verbs in English
FORSWEAR Mode Indicative Tense Simple Present Present Perfect Simple Past Past Perfect I forswear have forsworn forswore had forsworn you forswear have forsworn forswore had forsworn he/she/it forswears has forsworn forswore had ...
TZ-one, 2013
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Unlocking the Idioms: An LDS Perspective on Understanding ...
Belief and Doctrine “thou shalt not forswear thyself” Many scriptural words are unfamiliar to us in our language. We no longer use them. Such a word is “ forswear.” Jesus taught: 33 Again, ye have heard that it hath been said by them of old time, ...
George M. Peacock, 2009
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Reports from Committees
Did you not tell the Committee a short time ago you received the money to forswear yourself? — The money I had before from Holyoak . 824. What money did you say you received to forswear yourself? — Five shillings, and 5 *., and 7 s., and 8 ...
Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons, 1853
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English Synonymes Explained, in Alphabetical Order: With ...
TO FORSWEAR, PERJURE, SUBORN. FORSWEAR is Saxon; PERJURE is Latin ; the preposition for and per are both privative, and the words signify literally to swear contrary to the truth; this is, however, not their only distinction : to forswear  ...
George Crabb, 1846
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Parliamentary Papers, House of Commons and Command
Did you not tell the Committee a short time ago you received the money to forswear yourself? — The money I had before from Holyoak. 824. What money did you say you received to forswear yourself? — Five shillings, and 5*., and 7 s., and 8 s ...
Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons, 1853
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Reports of Sir George Croke ... Formerly One of the Justices ...
After verdict uponof ***** , r 1 r l 1 • □ rr money to ano- not guilty pleaded, and found for the plaintitt, therashire ti> Mallet, the $hteen's Solicitor, and Holbourn, moved in arrest forswear him- of judgment, that these words are not actionable; for it ...
Great Britain. Court of King's Bench, Sir George Croke, Thomas Leach, 1793
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English synonymes: Explained in alphabetical order
Forswear is used only in the proper sense: pcrjure may be used figuratively with regard to lover's vows; he who deserts the mistress to whom he has pledged his aliection is a perjured man. Forswear and perjure are the acts of in— dividuals: ...
George Crabb, J. H. Hedley, 1839
8
Reports of Sir George Croke, Knight: Formerly One of the ...
Stdnon allocantur : for the words are to be intended according to the usual manner of speaking, that he hired him to forswear himself: and although he doth not shew that he was sworn in • £ chancery, nor what he swore, it is not material ; for if ...
Sir George Croke, Thomas Leach, 1792
9
The Decalogue Explain'd, in Thirty-two Discourses on the Ten ...
Disc. I. On the Second commandment. 79 do. But when you forswear yourself by the sacred Name of God, because when you do it, when you are going to forswear yourself, he does not cry out to you, D0 not swear, you know you have done it, ...
John HORNIHOLD (Bishop of Philomel.), J- H- (C.A.-D.S.), 1750
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The Borderlands of Power: The Rys Chronicles
28. ~. Forswear. All. Vendettas. ~. Jevenia. flashed. one. more. look. of. protest. at . Carfu. before she dipped the pen into the ink. The night before as Eddleket and his staff had labored to produce the treaty in quadruplicate, Jevenia had insisted  ...
‎2007

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «FORSWEAR»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term forswear is used in the context of the following news items.
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T-Mobile's Legere strikes back at 'Dumb and Dumber'
The recipe is simple: Take a practice that ticks off customers while making outsize profit for Big Wireless, forswear your cut of the loot, and use ... «Philly.com, Jul 15»
2
Review of The Hampstead Players' The Tragedy of King Richard II
All pomp and majesty I do forswear”. This is not, however, a one man show. Performances by Ian Howarth's Duke of Aumerle and David ... «London Theatre 1, Jul 15»
3
• THEATER CALENDAR •
When four idealistic young courtiers forswear the company of women in favor of study and a stoic life, it is not long before four young French ... «New Jersey Hills, Jul 15»
4
Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey presents Love's Labour's Lost
When three idealistic young courtiers forswear the company of women in favor of study and stoic life, it is not long before three young French ... «New Jersey Stage, Jul 15»
5
The Supreme Court's Challenge to Housing Segregation
If liberals unequivocally forswear integration, they argued, more urban investments might be forthcoming. (15) In retrospect, advocacy of ... «The American Prospect, Jul 15»
6
Israel navy seizes ship seeking to break Gaza blockade: army
Ya'alon said that Israel will definitely not break the Quartet conditions placed on engagement with Hamas: that the organization forswear ... «Lid Time - Weird News, Entertainment, News Headlines, Jul 15»
7
Let's Have Another Asifa
We can have small pockets of people within larger communities who forswear technology in any and all of its varied forms. We can even ... «The Jewish Press, Jul 15»
8
King Drug Co. of Florence, Inc. v. SmithKline Beecham Corp. (3rd …
... challenger in having the branded drug maker forswear from marketing its own generic version of a branded drug. Here, the Court reasoned:. «JD Supra, Jul 15»
9
Ya'alon: Israel sees Iran as main problem in region, US views it as …
Ya'alon said that Israel will definitely not break the Quartet conditions placed on engagement with Hamas: that the organization forswear ... «Jerusalem Post Israel News, Jun 15»
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'Americans never presented Israel with full security plan for West …
... on engagement with Hamas: that the organization forswear terrorism, recognize Israel, and accept previous Israeli-Palestinian agreements. «Jerusalem Post Israel News, Jun 15»

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