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French
Pronunciation
Noun
parjure m (plural parjures)
- forswearing, abjuration
- betrayal, disloyalty, treachery
- betrayer, traitor, disloyal person
1640, Pierre Corneille, Horace, act I, scene 2:Je garde à Curiace une amitié trop pure / Pour souffrir plus longtemps qu’on m’estime parjure.- I hold too pure of an amity towards Curiace / For me to bear them seeing me as unfaithful for long.
Verb
parjure
- inflection of parjurer:
- first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- second-person singular imperative
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