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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Forsworn \For*sworn"\,
     p. p. of {Forswear}.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  Forswear \For*swear"\, v. t. [imp. {Forswore}; p. p. {Forsworn};
     p. pr. & vb. n. {Forswearing}.] [OE. forsweren, forswerien,
     AS. forswerian; pref. for- + swerian to swear. See {For-},
     and {Swear}, v. i.]
     1. To reject or renounce upon oath; hence, to renounce
        earnestly, determinedly, or with protestations.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              I . . . do forswear her.              --Shak.
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     2. To deny upon oath.
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              Like innocence, and as serenely bold
              As truth, how loudly he forswears thy gold!
                                                    --Dryden.
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     {To forswear one's self}, to swear falsely; to perjure one's
        self. "Thou shalt not forswear thyself." --Matt. v. 33.
  
     Syn: See {Perjure}.
          [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  forsworn
       See {forswear}

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  forswear
       v : formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually
           under pressure; "He retracted his earlier statements
           about his religion"; "She abjured her beliefs" [syn: {abjure},
            {recant}, {retract}, {resile}]
       [also: {forsworn}, {forswore}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  57 Moby Thesaurus words for "forsworn":
     abandoned, abjured, artful, calculating, ceded, contemned, crafty,
     deceitful, declined, declined with thanks, denied, despised,
     disapproved, discarded, discounted, disdained, dishonest,
     disingenuous, dismissed, disowned, dispensed with, disposed of,
     equivocal, excepted, excluded, falsehearted, forgone, ignored,
     insincere, lying, mendacious, not considered, perjured,
     prevaricating, rebuffed, recanted, refused, rejected, released,
     relinquished, renounced, repudiated, repulsed, retracted,
     sacrificed, scheming, scouted, spurned, surrendered, truthless,
     uncandid, unfrank, unsincere, untruthful, unveracious, waived,
     yielded
  
  

















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