abjure
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English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Middle English abjuren, then from either Middle French abjurer or directly from Latin abiūrō (“deny upon oath”), formed from ab (“from, away from”) + iūro (“swear or take an oath”), from iūs (“law, right, duty”)[1].
Pronunciation [edit]
Verb [edit]
abjure (third-person singular simple present abjures, present participle abjuring, simple past and past participle abjured)
- (transitive) To renounce upon oath; to forswear; to disavow. [First attested around 1350 to 1470.][2]
- To abjure allegiance to a prince.
- To abjure the realm (to swear to abandon it forever).
- (transitive, obsolete, historical) To cause one to renounce or recant. [First attested around 1350 to 1470.][2]
- (transitive) To reject with solemnity; to abandon forever; to repudiate; to disclaim. [First attested around 1350 to 1470.][2]
- To abjure errors.
- 1610, The Tempest, by Shakespeare, act 5 scene 1
- But this rough magic I here abjure [...]
- (transitive) To abstain from; to avoid; to shun.
Synonyms [edit]
Translations [edit]
to renounce upon oath
to renounce with solemnity
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Shorthand [edit]
- Gregg (Version: Centennial,Series 90,DJS,Simplified): a - b - j - u - r
- (Version: Anniversary,Pre-Anniversary): a - b - j - u
References [edit]
- ^ 2004 [1998], Elliott K. Dobbie; Dunmore, C. William, et al., Barnhart, Robert K. editor, Chambers Dictionary of Etymology, Edinburgh, Scotland: Chambers Harrap Publishers Ltd, ISBN 0550142304, page 3:
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2003 [1933], Brown, Lesley editor, The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, edition 5th, Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press, ISBN 978-0-19-860575-7, page 5:
French [edit]
Verb [edit]
abjure
- first-person singular present indicative of abjurer
- third-person singular present indicative of abjurer
- first-person singular present subjunctive of abjurer
- first-person singular present subjunctive of abjurer
- second-person singular imperative of abjurer
Portuguese [edit]
Verb [edit]
abjure
- First-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of abjurar
- Third-person singular (ele, ela, also used with tu and você?) present subjunctive of abjurar
- Third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of abjurar
- Third-person singular (você) negative imperative of abjurar
Spanish [edit]
Verb [edit]
abjure (infinitive abjurar)
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