3 definitions found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Perjure \Per"jure\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Perjured}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Perjuring}.] [F. parjurer, L. perjurare, perjerare; per through, over + jurare to swear. See {Jury}.] 1. 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; -- often used reflexively; as, he perjured himself. [1913 Webster] Want will perjure The ne'er-touched vestal. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. To make a false oath to; to deceive by oaths and protestations. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] And with a virgin innocence did pray For me, that perjured her. --J. Fletcher. [1913 Webster] Syn: To {Perjure}, {Forswear}. Usage: These words have been used interchangeably; but there is a tendency to restrict perjure to that species of forswearing which constitutes the crime of perjury at law, namely, the willful violation of an oath administered by a magistrate or according to law. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Perjured \Per"jured\, a. Guilty of perjury; having sworn falsely; forsworn. --Shak. "Perjured persons." --1 Tim. i. 10. "Their perjured oath." --Spenser. [1913 Webster] From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]: 20 Moby Thesaurus words for "perjured": artful, calculating, crafty, deceitful, dishonest, disingenuous, equivocal, falsehearted, forsworn, insincere, lying, mendacious, prevaricating, scheming, truthless, uncandid, unfrank, unsincere, untruthful, unveracious
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