Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - forswear
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also foreswear verb (forswore; forsworn; -swearing) Etymology: Middle English forsweren, from Old English forswerian, from for- + swerian to swear Date: before 12th century transitive verb 1. to make a liar of (oneself) under or as if under oath 2. a. to reject or renounce under oath b. to renounce earnestly 3. to deny under oath intransitive verb to swear falsely Synonyms: see abjure
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1.
v.tr. (past forswore; past part. forsworn) 1 abjure; renounce on oath. 2 (as forsworn adj.) perjured. Phrases and idioms forswear oneself swear falsely; perjure oneself. Etymology: OE forswerian (as FOR-, SWEAR) ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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3.
1. отказываться, отрекаться to forswear bad habits —- отказаться от плохих привычек to forswear smoking —- дать зарок не курить to forswear a debt —- отказаться от уплаты долга 2. отвергать, отрицать под присягой 3. также refl лжесвидетельствовать; нарушать клятву ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
4.
v.; past forswore; past part. forsworn 1) отрекаться 2) to forswear oneself - ложно клясться; нарушать клятву You must tell the truth to the judge, because if you forswear yourself you could go to prison. Syn: abjure, disavow, disclaim, disown, recant, retract, take back Ant: acknowledge, assert, claim, uphold ...Англо-русский словарь
5.
(forswears, forswearing, forswore, forsworn) If you forswear something, you promise that you will stop doing it, having it, or using it. (FORMAL or LITERARY) The party was offered a share of government if it forswore violence. = renounce VERB: V n ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
6.
~ v past tense forswore past participle forsworn literary to stop doing something or promise that you will stop doing something (a monk forswearing all possessions) ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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