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verb

Perjure v. t. (past & past part. perjured; pres. part. perjuring)

To cause to violate an oath or a vow; to cause to make oath knowingly to what is untrue; to make guilty of perjury; to forswear; to corrupt; often used reflexively; as, he perjured himself. "Want will perjure The ne'er-touched vestal."

To make a false oath to; to deceive by oaths and protestations. (Obs.) "And with a virgin innocence did pray For me, that perjured her."

Synonyms: To Perjure, Forswear. These words have been used interchangeably; but there is a tendency to restrict perjure to that species of forswearing which constitutes the crime of perjury at law, namely, the willful violation of an oath administered by a magistrate or according to law.

noun

Perjure n. A perjured person. (Obs.)

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