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forswear

verb
/fə(ɹ)ˈswɛə(ɹ)/

Etymology

From Middle English forsweren, from Old English forswerian (“to swear falsely”). Cognate with Old Saxon farswerian, Old High German farsweren, German verschwören. More at for- + swear.

  1. inherited from forswerian
  2. inherited from forsweren

Definitions

  1. To renounce or deny something, especially under oath.

    • We forswear allegiance and support for the Economic Freedom Fighters.
    • Never to woo her more; but do forswear her.
    • Like Innocence, and as serenely bold / As Truth, how loudly He forswears thy Gold!.

  2. To commit perjury

    To commit perjury; to break an oath.

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Derived

forswearer

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at forswear. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

01forswear02renounce03repudiate04refuse05rejected06reject

A definitional loop anchored at forswear. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

6 hops · closes at forswear

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA