Perjure

//ˈpɜːd͡ʒə(ɹ)// noun, verb

noun, verb ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A perjured person. obsolete

    "He comes in like a perjure, wearing papers"

Verb
  1. 1
    To knowingly and willfully make a false statement of witness while in court. reflexive

    "He perjured himself."

  2. 2
    knowingly tell an untruth in a legal court and render oneself guilty of perjury wordnet
  3. 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. 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."

Synonyms

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Example

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

Etymology

From Old French parjurer, from Latin periūrō.

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