perjure
See also: perjuré
English edit
Etymology edit
From Old French parjurer,[1] from Latin periūrō.
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Verb edit
perjure (third-person singular simple present perjures, present participle perjuring, 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.
- c. 1606–1607, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Anthonie and Cleopatra”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene xii]:
- Want will perjure the ne'er-touched vestal.
- (transitive) To make a false oath to; to deceive by oaths and protestations.
- 1608, John Fletcher, The Faithful Shepherdess:
- And with a virgin innocence did pray / For me, that perjured her.
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knowingly make a false statement of witness
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Noun edit
perjure (plural perjures)
- (obsolete) A perjured person.
- c. 1595–1596 (date written), William Shakespeare, “Loues Labour’s Lost”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene iii]:
- He comes in like a perjure, wearing papers
References edit
- ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “perjure”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
Latin edit
Adjective edit
perjūre
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Verb edit
perjure
- inflection of perjurar: