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English
Etymology
From Old French parjurer, from Latin periūrō.
Pronunciation
Verb
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 Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, :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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Translations
knowingly make a false statement of witness
Noun
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 Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, :He comes in like a perjure, wearing papers
References
Latin
Adjective
perjūre
- vocative masculine singular of perjūrus
Spanish
Verb
perjure
- inflection of perjurar:
- first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- third-person singular imperative