perjure

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See also: perjuré

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French parjurer[1], from Latin periurare

Verb

perjure (third-person singular simple present perjur, present participle ing, simple past and past participle perjured)

  1. (reflexive) To knowingly and willfully make a false statement of witness while in court.
    He perjured himself.
  2. (transitive) 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.
    • Shakespeare
      Want will perjure the ne'er-touched vestal.
  3. (transitive) To make a false oath to; to deceive by oaths and protestations.
    • J. Fletcher
      And with a virgin innocence did pray / For me, that perjured her.

Synonyms

Translations

Noun

perjure (plural perjures)

  1. (obsolete) A perjured person.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Shakespeare to this entry?)

References

  1. ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “perjure”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

Latin

Adjective

(deprecated template usage) perjūre

  1. vocative masculine singular of perjūrus

Spanish

Verb

perjure

  1. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of perjurar.
  2. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of perjurar.
  3. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of perjurar.
  4. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of perjurar.