Perjure

Definition of Perjure

Per´jure
v. t.1.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.
[imp. & p. p. Perjured ; p. pr. & vb. n. Perjuring.]
Want will perjure
The ne'er-touched vestal.
- Shak.
2.To make a false oath to; to deceive by oaths and protestations.
And with a virgin innocence did pray
For me, that perjured her.
- J. Fletcher.
n.1.A perjured person.

Related Words

bearing false witness, depone, depose, false witness, lie, lying under oath, perjurer, perjury, swear
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