Definition of forswear

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for·swear also fore·swear    (fôr-swâr, fr-) KEY 

VERB:
for·swore  (fôr-swôr, fr-swr) KEY , for·sworn  (fôr-swôrn, fr-swrn) KEY , for·swear·ing, for·swears
VERB:
tr.

1. 1. To renounce or repudiate under oath.
   2. To renounce seriously.
2. To disavow under oath; deny.
3. To make (oneself) guilty of perjury.

VERB:
intr.

To swear falsely; commit perjury.

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ETYMOLOGY:
Middle English forsweren, from Old English forswerian : for-, wrongly ; see for- + swerian, to swear ; see swear