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PRONUNCIATION OF FORSWORE

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF FORSWORE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Forswore 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 forswore in English.

WHAT DOES FORSWORE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

forswore

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.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO FORSWORE

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 forswore
you would forswore
he/she/it would forswore
we would forswore
you would forswore
they would forswore
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 forswore
you would have forswore
he/she/it would have forswore
we would have forswore
you would have forswore
they would have forswore
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 BEGIN LIKE FORSWORE

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

WORDS THAT END LIKE FORSWORE

anymore
before
convenience store
core
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explore
hardcore
Moore
more
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outwore
score
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therefore
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unswore
what is more
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Synonyms and antonyms of forswore in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «FORSWORE»

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

Translation of «forswore» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF FORSWORE

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

Translator English - Chinese

forswore
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

forswore
570 millions of speakers

English

forswore
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

forswore
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

تنبذ
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

отрекся
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

abjurou
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

forswore
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

renonça
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Toswore
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

schwor
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

forswore
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

먹지 않는다고 맹세
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Forswore
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

bỏ
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

forswore
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

फोर्स्वोवर
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

forswore
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

forswore
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

forswore
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

відрікся
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

forswore
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

forswore
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

forswore
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

forswore
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

forswore
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of forswore

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «FORSWORE»

The term «forswore» is used very little and occupies the 161.675 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «FORSWORE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «forswore» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «forswore» 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 forswore

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FORSWORE»

Discover the use of forswore in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to forswore and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Middle English Dictionary
Ake pat foreward he bi-het to holde treuweliche. cl330(?al300) Arth.& M.93: Sone pat traitour was forswore And wip gret tresoun brak his treupe. (l340) Ayenb. 65/ 20: Treupe y1o3e and op ybroke is ase hit were al on. (al382) WBible(l) (Bod ...
Hans Kurath, Robert E. Lewis, Sherman McAllister Kuhn, 1997
2
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
3
A Lexical Concordance to the Works of Geoffrey Chaucer: E-L
LGW F 2522 And of the goddes that ye ban forswore, RomC 5968 If that I lye or forsworn be! RomC 5970 That whoso hymforswereth amys RomC 5973 If \ forswere me, thanne am I lorn, forswereth — 'forsweren v. forswering ger. [ <MED > ...
Akio Oizumi, 2003
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Ancient India
As a result of Asoka,s wonderful zeal and activities Buddhism, which was till then confined to an insignificant sect, was transformed into a world religion. He forswore Buddhism ^ aggressive imperial policy of hisfore fathers becomes a world ...
Ramesh Chandra Majumdar, 1977
5
Reports of Sir George Croke ... Formerly One of the Justices ...
... that any suit was in the chancery, or no"7neceflLn 'to that he forswore himself in his answer, or as a witness. Nor doth he state tnat he did fay that he suborned him to forswear, nor that he gave that unto him forswear him- to forswear himself  ...
Great Britain. Court of King's Bench, Sir George Croke, Thomas Leach, 1793
6
The Works of Shakespear: In which the Beauties Observed by ...
A woman I forswore ; but I 'will prove, Thou being a goddess, I forswore not thee. My vow -was earthy, thou a heav'nly love : Thy grace heing gain'd, cures all disgrace in ntt. Vows are but breath, and breath a vapour is ; Then ihou fair fun, ...
William Shakespeare, 1771
7
Works
A woman J forswore ; but I will prove, Thou being a goddess, I forswore not tkee. l \ly vow was earthy, thou a heav'nly love : Thy grace being gain 'd, cures all disgrace in me. Voius are but breath, and breath a vapour is ;. Then thou fair fun % ...
William Shakespeare, 1769
8
The Plays of William Shakspeare: In Fifteen Volumes. With ...
A woman I forswore; but, I will prove, Tbou being a goddess, I forswore not tbee : My vow was earthly, thou a heavenly love j Thy grace being gain' d, cures all disgrace in me. Vows are but breath, and breath a vapour is : Then tbou, fair fun,  ...
William Shakespeare, 1793
9
Reports of Sir George Croke, Knight: Formerly One of the ...
... moved in arrest wnnchaTM" of judgment, that these words arc not actionable; for it is tiot al- eery; and it is ledged (as to the first words), that any suit was in the chancery, not needftry t» or that he forswore himself in his answer or as a witness .
Sir George Croke, Thomas Leach, 1792
10
Pictures of the World at Home and Abroad
three lords, who forswore even the sight of a woman for three years, for the sake of their studies ! " Navarre shall be the wonder of the world, Our court shall be a little Academe." You know, however, how the king and MM. de Biron, Longueville , ...
Robert Plumer Ward, 1839

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «FORSWORE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term forswore is used in the context of the following news items.
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11 regional British stereotypes as portrayed on screen
... Jean Brodie, or BBC4's 2009 drama pilot New Town, which forswore drugs or no nonsense cops to show off the city's brighter, more arty side. «The Independent, Jun 15»
2
Giorgio Moroder: The High Priest of Disco Returns
He forswore narcotics, saying that sex, instead, "was my drug. I had some good-looking girls." Married now, he was, back then, habitually single ... «RollingStone.com, Jun 15»
3
Italian Travel: Luxury Lodging and Neo-Traditional Dining in Naples
But again we forswore the old-line options and took a half-hour walk to 50 Kalò, which opened in 2014 in the Mergellina district, a couple of ... «Huffington Post, May 15»
4
Why The Woman LeBron James 'Liked' On Instagram Should Still …
Mark Zuckerberg, Bill Gates, Kobe Bryant and Jay Z — all individuals who forswore a college degree to follow their dreams, and now Josett ... «UPROXX, May 15»
5
Royal Philharmonic Awards, The Brewery: 'classical music is getting …
The Society forswore the old-fashioned grandeur of its usual venue Park Lane venue for the Brewery, a much hipper establishment near the ... «Telegraph.co.uk, May 15»
6
World reluctant to point finger at China's encroachment on strategic …
Under the pact, all governments forswore any destabilising action such as building new structures on the disputed islands. But the deal was ... «WA today, May 15»
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Can we clone a mammoth? Here's a potential cookbook.
Even if the human population of Mauritius forswore dodo hunting (for the sake of the ecotourism), there would be no stopping the island's ... «Macleans.ca, May 15»
8
The Bank to Nowhere
It required another five years, but in late 2010, Republicans forswore earmarks. Conservative reformers are rolling out that strategy again, this ... «Wall Street Journal, Apr 15»
9
Dazed and Confused in Deutschland
Germany faded from view and most German-speaking investors forswore any involvement or interest in Canada besides the hockey scores at ... «InvestorIntel, Apr 15»
10
Shuffle: Willie's still stoned, Iggy's gone to pot, and Sleep Thieves …
Forty-six years since he forswore marijuana use on his signature hit Okie From Muskogee, country outlaw Merle Haggard has clearly softened ... «Irish Times, Apr 15»

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