5 definitions found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Forsworn \For*sworn"\, p. p. of {Forswear}. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] 2. To deny upon oath. [1913 Webster] Like innocence, and as serenely bold As truth, how loudly he forswears thy gold! --Dryden. [1913 Webster] {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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