"abjure" meaning in English

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Verb

IPA: /æbˈd͡ʒʊɹ/ [US] Audio: en-us-abjure.ogg [US], en-ca-abjure.ogg [Canada] Forms: abjures [present, singular, third-person], abjuring [participle, present], abjured [participle, past], abjured [past]
Rhymes: -ʊə(ɹ) Etymology: From Middle English abjuren, from Latin abiūrō (“deny upon oath”) (possibly via Middle French abjurer), formed from ab (“from, away from”) + iūro (“swear or take an oath”), from iūs (“law, right, duty”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*h₂yew-}}, {{inh|en|enm|abjuren}} Middle English abjuren, {{der|en|la|abiūrō|t=deny upon oath}} Latin abiūrō (“deny upon oath”), {{der|en|frm|abiurer|abjurer}} Middle French abjurer, {{m|la|ab|t=from, away from}} ab (“from, away from”), {{m|la|iūro|t=swear or take an oath}} iūro (“swear or take an oath”), {{m|la|iūs|t=law, right, duty}} iūs (“law, right, duty”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} abjure (third-person singular simple present abjures, present participle abjuring, simple past and past participle abjured)
  1. (transitive) To renounce upon oath; to forswear; to disavow. Tags: transitive Synonyms (to renounce upon oath): disavow Translations (to renounce upon oath): отри́чам се под кле́тва (otríčam se pod klétva) (Bulgarian), abjurar (Catalan), zříci se [perfective] (Czech), vzdát se [perfective] (Czech), odvolat [perfective] (Czech), zavrhnout [perfective] (Czech), afzweren (Dutch), verzaken aan een eed (Dutch), abiurare (Italian), abjurar (Portuguese), отрека́ться (otrekátʹsja) [imperfective] (Russian), отре́чься (otréčʹsja) [perfective] (Russian), кля́твенно отрека́ться (kljátvenno otrekátʹsja) (Russian), отрица́ть под прися́гой (otricátʹ pod prisjágoj) (Russian), abjurar (Spanish), avsvära (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-abjure-en-verb-wnHNkoHP Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 34 18 29 19 Disambiguation of 'to renounce upon oath': 77 11 11 1 Disambiguation of 'to renounce upon oath': 77 11 11 1
  2. (transitive, obsolete, historical) To cause one to renounce or recant. Tags: historical, obsolete, transitive
    Sense id: en-abjure-en-verb-hziII-SJ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 34 18 29 19
  3. (transitive) To reject with solemnity; to abandon forever; to repudiate; to disclaim. Tags: transitive Synonyms (to reject with solemnity): disclaim, repudiate Translations (to renounce with solemnity): отка́звам се (otkázvam se) (Bulgarian), отхвъ́рлям (othvǎ́rljam) (Bulgarian), abjurar (Catalan), afzweren (Dutch), herroepen (Dutch), (aan) verzaken (Dutch), abjurer (French), abschwören [with-dative] (German), abiurare (Italian), wyrzec się [perfective] (Polish), wyrzekać się [imperfective] (Polish), abjurar (Portuguese), отка́зываться (otkázyvatʹsja) [imperfective] (Russian), отказа́ться (otkazátʹsja) [perfective] (Russian), торже́ственно отрека́ться (toržéstvenno otrekátʹsja) (Russian), abjurar (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-abjure-en-verb-xuanPGAt Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 34 18 29 19 Disambiguation of 'to reject with solemnity': 10 6 83 1 Disambiguation of 'to renounce with solemnity': 29 25 44 2
  4. (transitive) To abstain from; to avoid; to shun. Tags: transitive Synonyms (to abstain from): avoid
    Sense id: en-abjure-en-verb-pzuD39dI Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 34 18 29 19 Disambiguation of 'to abstain from': 2 2 3 93
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: forswear, renounce, recant, shun Derived forms: abjuratory, abjurement, abjurer, abjure the realm

Inflected forms

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          "roman": "otkázyvatʹsja",
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  "etymology_text": "From Middle English abjuren, from Latin abiūrō (“deny upon oath”) (possibly via Middle French abjurer), formed from ab (“from, away from”) + iūro (“swear or take an oath”), from iūs (“law, right, duty”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "abjures",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "abjuring",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "abjured",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "abjured",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "abjure (third-person singular simple present abjures, present participle abjuring, simple past and past participle abjured)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English terms with usage examples",
        "English transitive verbs",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "To abjure allegiance to a prince.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "To abjure the realm (to swear to abandon it forever).",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1786, William Beckford, Vathek; an Arabian Tale",
          "text": "adore then the terrestrial influences, and abjure Mahomet.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To renounce upon oath; to forswear; to disavow."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "renounce",
          "renounce"
        ],
        [
          "oath",
          "oath"
        ],
        [
          "forswear",
          "forswear"
        ],
        [
          "disavow",
          "disavow"
        ],
        [
          "The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles",
          "w:Shorter Oxford English Dictionary"
        ],
        [
          "Oxford University Press",
          "w:Oxford University Press"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To renounce upon oath; to forswear; to disavow."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with historical senses",
        "English terms with obsolete senses",
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To cause one to renounce or recant."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, obsolete, historical) To cause one to renounce or recant."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "historical",
        "obsolete",
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English terms with usage examples",
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "To abjure errors.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1610, Shakespeare, The Tempest, act 5 scene 1",
          "text": "But this rough magic I here abjure [...]",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To reject with solemnity; to abandon forever; to repudiate; to disclaim."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "reject",
          "reject"
        ],
        [
          "solemnity",
          "solemnity"
        ],
        [
          "forever",
          "forever"
        ],
        [
          "repudiate",
          "repudiate"
        ],
        [
          "disclaim",
          "disclaim"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To reject with solemnity; to abandon forever; to repudiate; to disclaim."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English transitive verbs",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1902, Robert Marshall Grade, The Haunted Major",
          "text": "Except during the season in town, she spends her year in golfing, either at St Magnus or Pau, for, like all good Americans, she has long since abjured her native soil.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To abstain from; to avoid; to shun."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "avoid",
          "avoid"
        ],
        [
          "shun",
          "shun"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To abstain from; to avoid; to shun."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/æbˈd͡ʒʊɹ/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ʊə(ɹ)"
    },
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      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/95/En-us-abjure.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-ca-abjure.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/4/46/En-ca-abjure.ogg/En-ca-abjure.ogg.mp3",
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      "tags": [
        "Canada"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (CA)"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "sense": "to renounce upon oath",
      "word": "disavow"
    },
    {
      "word": "forswear"
    },
    {
      "word": "renounce"
    },
    {
      "word": "recant"
    },
    {
      "sense": "to reject with solemnity",
      "word": "disclaim"
    },
    {
      "sense": "to reject with solemnity",
      "word": "repudiate"
    },
    {
      "sense": "to abstain from",
      "word": "avoid"
    },
    {
      "word": "shun"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "otríčam se pod klétva",
      "sense": "to renounce upon oath",
      "word": "отри́чам се под кле́тва"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "to renounce upon oath",
      "word": "abjurar"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to renounce upon oath",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "zříci se"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to renounce upon oath",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "vzdát se"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to renounce upon oath",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "odvolat"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to renounce upon oath",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "zavrhnout"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to renounce upon oath",
      "word": "afzweren"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to renounce upon oath",
      "word": "verzaken aan een eed"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to renounce upon oath",
      "word": "abiurare"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to renounce upon oath",
      "word": "abjurar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "otrekátʹsja",
      "sense": "to renounce upon oath",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "отрека́ться"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "otréčʹsja",
      "sense": "to renounce upon oath",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "отре́чься"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "kljátvenno otrekátʹsja",
      "sense": "to renounce upon oath",
      "word": "кля́твенно отрека́ться"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "otricátʹ pod prisjágoj",
      "sense": "to renounce upon oath",
      "word": "отрица́ть под прися́гой"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to renounce upon oath",
      "word": "abjurar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to renounce upon oath",
      "word": "avsvära"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "otkázvam se",
      "sense": "to renounce with solemnity",
      "word": "отка́звам се"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "othvǎ́rljam",
      "sense": "to renounce with solemnity",
      "word": "отхвъ́рлям"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "to renounce with solemnity",
      "word": "abjurar"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to renounce with solemnity",
      "word": "afzweren"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to renounce with solemnity",
      "word": "herroepen"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to renounce with solemnity",
      "word": "(aan) verzaken"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to renounce with solemnity",
      "word": "abjurer"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to renounce with solemnity",
      "tags": [
        "with-dative"
      ],
      "word": "abschwören"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to renounce with solemnity",
      "word": "abiurare"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to renounce with solemnity",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "wyrzec się"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to renounce with solemnity",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "wyrzekać się"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to renounce with solemnity",
      "word": "abjurar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "otkázyvatʹsja",
      "sense": "to renounce with solemnity",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "отка́зываться"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "otkazátʹsja",
      "sense": "to renounce with solemnity",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "отказа́ться"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "toržéstvenno otrekátʹsja",
      "sense": "to renounce with solemnity",
      "word": "торже́ственно отрека́ться"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to renounce with solemnity",
      "word": "abjurar"
    }
  ],
  "word": "abjure"
}

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