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ab·jure    Audio Help   [ab-joor, -jur] Pronunciation Key
–verb (used with object), -jured, -jur·ing.
1.to renounce, repudiate, or retract, esp. with formal solemnity; recant: to abjure one's errors.
2.to renounce or give up under oath; forswear: to abjure allegiance.
3.to avoid or shun.
[Origin: 1400–50; late ME < L abjūrāre to deny on oath, equiv. to ab- ab- + jūrāre to swear; see jury1]

—Related forms
ab·jur·a·to·ry, adjective
ab·jur·er, noun
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ab·jure    Audio Help   (āb-jŏŏr')  Pronunciation Key 
tr.v.   ab·jured, ab·jur·ing, ab·jures
  1. To recant solemnly; renounce or repudiate: "For nearly 21 years after his resignation as Prime Minister in 1963, he abjured all titles, preferring to remain just plain 'Mr.'" (Time).
  2. To renounce under oath; forswear.


[Middle English abjuren, from Old French abjurer, from Latin abiūrāre : ab-, away; see ab-1 + iūrāre, to swear; see yewes- in Indo-European roots.]

ab'ju·ra'tion n., ab·jur'er n.
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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
abjure 
1430, from M.Fr. abjurer, from L. abjurare "deny on oath," from ab- "away" + jurare "to swear," related to jus (gen. juris) "law" (see jurist).

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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abjure

verb
formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually under pressure; "He retracted his earlier statements about his religion"; "She abjured her beliefs" 

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Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law - Cite This Source - Share This

Main Entry: ab·jure
Pronunciation: ab-'jur, &b-
Function: transitive verb
Inflected Forms: ab·jured; ab·jur·ing
Etymology: Latin abjurare, from ab- off + jurare to swear
: RENOUNCE; specifically : to disclaim formally or renounce upon oath <solemnly abjures his allegiance to his former country> —ab·ju·ra·tion /"ab-j&-'rA-sh&n/ noun

Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Abjure

Ab*jure"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Abjured; p. pr. & vb. n. Abjuring.] [L. abjurare to deny upon oath; ab + jurare to swear, fr. jus, juris, right, law; cf. F. abjurer. See Jury.]

1. To renounce upon oath; to forswear; to disavow; as, to abjure allegiance to a prince. To abjure the realm, is to swear to abandon it forever.

2. To renounce or reject with solemnity; to recant; to abandon forever; to reject; repudiate; as, to abjure errors. "Magic I here abjure." --Shak.

Syn: See Renounce.
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Abjure

Ab*jure"\, v. i. To renounce on oath. --Bp. Burnet.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.

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