perjure
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)
- (reflexive) To knowingly and willfully make a false statement of witness while in court.
- He perjured himself.
- (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.
- Shakespeare
- (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.
- J. Fletcher
Synonyms
Related terms
Translations
knowingly make a false statement of witness
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Noun
perjure (plural perjures)
- (obsolete) A perjured person.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Shakespeare to this entry?)
References
- ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “perjure”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
Latin
Adjective
(deprecated template usage) perjūre
Spanish
Verb
perjure
- Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of perjurar.
- First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of perjurar.
- Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of perjurar.
- Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of perjurar.
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