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foreswear

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fore⋅swear

  [fawr-swair, fohr-]
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–verb (used with object), verb (used without object), -swore, -sworn, -swear⋅ing.
forswear.
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fore·swear   (fôr-swâr', fōr-)   
v.  Variant of forswear.
for·swear also fore·swear   (fôr-swâr', fōr-)   
v.   for·swore also fore·swore (fôr-swôr', fōr-swōr'), for·sworn also fore·sworn (fôr-swôrn', fōr-swōrn'), for·swear·ing also fore·swear·ing, for·swears also fore·swears

v.   tr.

    1. To renounce or repudiate under oath.

    2. To renounce seriously.

  2. To disavow under oath; deny.

  3. To make (oneself) guilty of perjury.

v.   intr.
To swear falsely; commit perjury.

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