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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD PERJURE

From Old French parjurer, from Latin perjūrāre, from per- + jūrāre to make an oath, from jūs law.
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PRONUNCIATION OF PERJURE

perjure  [ˈpɜːdʒə] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PERJURE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Perjure 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 perjure in English.

WHAT DOES PERJURE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

perjure

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 perjure in the English dictionary

The definition of perjure in the dictionary is to render guilty of perjury.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO PERJURE

PRESENT

Present
I perjure
you perjure
he/she/it perjures
we perjure
you perjure
they perjure
Present continuous
I am perjuring
you are perjuring
he/she/it is perjuring
we are perjuring
you are perjuring
they are perjuring
Present perfect
I have perjured
you have perjured
he/she/it has perjured
we have perjured
you have perjured
they have perjured
Present perfect continuous
I have been perjuring
you have been perjuring
he/she/it has been perjuring
we have been perjuring
you have been perjuring
they have been perjuring
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 perjured
you perjured
he/she/it perjured
we perjured
you perjured
they perjured
Past continuous
I was perjuring
you were perjuring
he/she/it was perjuring
we were perjuring
you were perjuring
they were perjuring
Past perfect
I had perjured
you had perjured
he/she/it had perjured
we had perjured
you had perjured
they had perjured
Past perfect continuous
I had been perjuring
you had been perjuring
he/she/it had been perjuring
we had been perjuring
you had been perjuring
they had been perjuring
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

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

CONDITIONAL

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

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you perjure
we let´s perjure
you perjure
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to perjure
Past participle
perjured
Present Participle
perjuring
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 PERJURE


antimerger
ˌæntɪˈmɜːdʒə
asperger
əˈspɜːdʒə
charger
ˈtʃɑːdʒə
demerger
diːˈmɜːdʒə
deterger
dɪˈtɜːdʒə
merger
ˈmɜːdʒə
Perugia
pəˈruːdʒə
premerger
priːˈmɜːdʒə
procedure
prəˈsiːdʒə
purger
ˈpɜːdʒə
raja
ˈrɑːdʒə
scourger
ˈskɜːdʒə
serger
ˈsɜːdʒə
sieger
ˈsiːdʒə
splurger
ˈsplɜːdʒə
surger
ˈsɜːdʒə
urger
ˈɜːdʒə
verdure
ˈvɜːdʒə
verger
ˈvɜːdʒə
virger
ˈvɜːdʒə

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PERJURE

peritrichously
peritus
perityphlitis
perivitelline
periwig
periwigged
periwinkle
perjink
perjinkety
perjinkity
perjured
perjurer
perjuries
perjurious
perjuriously
perjurous
perjury
perk
perk up
perkier

WORDS THAT END LIKE PERJURE

abjure
adjure
adventure
agriculture
architecture
be sure
capture
conjure
culture
de jure
ensure
exposure
failure
injure
ipso jure
jure
objure
reinjure
suo jure
to be sure

Synonyms and antonyms of perjure in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «perjure» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PERJURE

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

Translator English - Chinese

作伪证
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

perjurar
570 millions of speakers

English

perjure
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

झूठ बोलना
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

حنث بقسمه
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

лжесвидетельствовать
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

perjure
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

মিথ্যা শপথ করা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

parjurer
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Perjure
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Meineid
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

欺く
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

위증
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Perjure
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

perjure
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பொய் சத்தியம் செய்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

खोटी साक्ष देणे
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

perjure
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

spergiurare
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

perjure
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

лжесвідчити
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

comite sperjur
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

perjure
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

perjure
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of perjure

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PERJURE»

The term «perjure» is normally little used and occupies the 116.684 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PERJURE» OVER TIME

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

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PERJURE»

Discover the use of perjure in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to perjure and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Works of William Shakespeare
formerly convicted perjurers, while undergoing punishment, wore a paper expressing their offence. perjure, to taint with perjury, to corrupt: want will perjure The ne'er-touch'd vestal, vii. 556. perpend, to weigh, to consider attentively: i. 362 ; iii.
William Shakespeare, Alexander Dyce, 1867
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Complementation and Case Grammar: A Syntactic and Semantic ...
Appeal to, as in Mary appealed to John not to perjure himself, allows It was John that Mary appealed to not to perjure himself, but, significantly, it also allows It was to John that Mary appealed not to perjure himself. The applicability of the Verb ...
Juhani Rudanko, 1989
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English Corpora Under Japanese Eyes
(1985: 357-8) name this type of verbs reflexive verbs, and they cite pride oneself on, absent oneself from, avail oneself of, demean oneself, ingratiate oneself with, and perjure oneself. Schibsbye (1970: 198) cites absent, bestir, betake, bethink, ...
Junsaku Nakamura, Nagayuki Inoue, Tomoji Tabata, 2004
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The Dutch grammar: preceded by a sketch of the origin and ...
... active, the personal pronoun is also translated; as, zich verzweren, to perjure one's self ; ik verzweer mij, I perjure myself; gij verzweerz u, you perjure yourself; hij verzweert zich, he perjures himself; wj verzweren ons, we perjure ourselves; ...
Thomas Marshall, 1854
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ABA Journal
One of the panel members, Monroe H. Freedman, professor of law at George Washington University, is reported to have said that knowingly permitting a client to perjure himself may be necessary for the survival of the adversary system.
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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 is ...
George Crabb, 1837
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Proceedings of the West Coast Conference on Formal Linguistics
The verb perjure seems to require syntactic reflexivity. At the iconic level, we can again say that perjure is intransitive. (26) *John perjured. (27) John perjured himself. (28) *John perjured Bill. Note again that himself in (27) cannot refer to a ...
Megan Crowhurst, Stanford Linguistics Association, 1987
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English synonymes: Explained in alphabetical order
PERJURE. SUBORN. FORSWEAR is Saxon ; PERJURE is Latin; the prepositions 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 for-meor is applied to all ...
George Crabb, J. H. Hedley, 1839
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Advanced Learner's Dictionary
Latin per- away + ire to go. perjure ( ' px d.V ) vb perjure oneself give false evidence in a court of law; violate an oath, perjury n perjured adj 1 having perjure A verb which takes as an object a pronoun ending in -self or -selves is calkd a \ rtOom ...
Turton, 1998
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English Synonyms 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, 1818

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PERJURE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term perjure is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Dave Kane: Justice in RI is a myth
... and that previous assistant attorneys general hid or ignored exculpatory evidence while coaxing witnesses to perjure themselves. He was not ... «The Providence Journal, Jul 15»
2
Former DHH secretary files second motion to throw out indictment …
McLindon and Stockstill maintain Greenstein did not perjure himself with that response. “Clearly, Mr. Greenstein was and continues to be of the ... «The Advocate, Jul 15»
3
When Will Piper Get Out Of Jail On 'Orange Is The New Black'? Her …
But, then, after her Chicago perjure-for-love incident, Piper managed to do something even more dangerous: Go after some criminal conspiracy ... «Bustle, Jul 15»
4
PDI-P Distances Itself, Though Not Far Enough, From Plot to Bring …
... was in January this year charged with compelling witnesses to perjure themselves during the Constitutional Court's hearing of the dispute. «Jakarta Globe, Jul 15»
5
Ain't True & Uncle False
... mobile-home enclave inhabited by folks with such appropriately whopper-inspired names as the titular Ain't True, Will Perjure, Poppa Ganda ... «Winnipeg Free Press, Jul 15»
6
OXI MORONS! Alleged NHL con men like TV pitchman Billy Mays …
He also said the feds encouraged witnesses to perjure themselves by giving false testimony and gave “sweetheart deals” to witnesses who ... «New York Daily News, Jul 15»
7
Berlusconi spent millions corrupting Ruby - prosecution
The prosecutors have completed the so-called Ruby Ter (Ruby Three) case probe into allegations Berlusconi bribed witnesses to perjure ... «Gazzetta del Sud english, Jun 15»
8
Tension grips Makati anew
The Vice President said Mercado's testimonies show his pattern of lies and his propensity to perjure himself. Binay went on to debunk ... «Manila Standard Today, Jun 15»
9
Bodenweiser charged for refusing polygraph, therapy
Bodenweiser, now 56, “made a very conscious decision at trial to perjure himself,” prosecutor David Hume IV wrote in an email this month to ... «The News Journal, Jun 15»
10
Tom Brady Swears His Innocence in 'Deflategate' Appeal
The state's perjury law is broadly written to suggest that a person can perjure himself outside the context of an official proceeding, even when ... «Wall Street Journal, Jun 15»

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