forsworn

[ fawr-swawrn, -swohrn ]
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verb
  1. past participle of forswear.

adjective

Origin of forsworn

1
First recorded before 1000, for the adjective
  • Also fore·sworn .

Other words from forsworn

  • for·sworn·ness, noun
  • un·for·sworn, adjective

Words Nearby forsworn

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How to use forsworn in a sentence

  • But the vows which pain had extorted were forsworn on the return of health.

  • He did not want to dance between those white arms so easily forsworn.

    The Cup of Fury | Rupert Hughes
  • If I called the recusants forsworn and perjured, thinkest thou the pure in Heaven charged my soul with a sin?

  • Once again I must seek those adventures which I had forsworn when my evil star shone so brightly over a gold mine.

    The Ivory Child | H. Rider Haggard
  • The United States had forsworn knowledge, and for a time no one had been able to say from whence they had come.

    Where I Wasn't Going | Walt Richmond

British Dictionary definitions for forsworn

forsworn

/ (fɔːˈswɔːn) /


verb
  1. the past participle of forswear

Derived forms of forsworn

  • forswornness, noun

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