How do you pronounce "perjure"?

Pronounced //ˈpɜːd͡ʒə(ɹ)//.

Perjure

Common synonyms include: false testimony, foreswear, foreswearing, foreswears, foreswore, foresworn.

/ˈpɜːd͡ʒə(ɹ)/ noun, verb

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Noun

Verb

1
To knowingly and willfully make a false statement of witness while in court. reflexive
"He perjured himself."
2
knowingly tell an untruth in a legal court and render oneself guilty of perjury wordnet
3
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. transitive
"Want will perjure the ne'er-touched vestal."
4
To make a false oath to; to deceive by oaths and protestations. transitive
"And with a virgin innocence did pray / For me, that perjured her."

"He had to perjure himself to protect his family."

From Old French parjurer, from Latin periūrō.