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| 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. |
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tr.v. ab·jured, ab·jur·ing, ab·jures
[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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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).
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| abjure | |
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| 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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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
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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.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
Abjure
Ab*jure"\, v. i. To renounce on oath. --Bp. Burnet.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
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