Forswear



GRE Barron

解释

GRE 红宝书

• v. 誓绝, 放弃
• ［英］ v. 誓绝, 放弃 ( to renounce on oath )
• ［记］ for ( 出去) +swear ( 发誓) -> 发誓抛弃 -> 誓绝;
• ［同］ 参考: abjure ( 绝誓)
• ［例］ forswear wealth and marriage ( 发誓放弃财富和婚姻)

Webster Collegiate

also foreswear verb (forswore; forsworn; -swearing)

• Etymology: Middle English forsweren, from Old English forswerian, from for- + swerian to swear
• Date: before 12th century
• transitive verb
  • 1. to make a liar of (oneself) under or as if under oath
  • 2.
    • a. to reject or renounce under oath
    • b. to renounce earnestly
  • 3. to deny under oath
• intransitive verb
  • to swear falsely
• Synonyms: see abjure

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