"bear false witness" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: bears false witness [present, singular, third-person], bearing false witness [participle, present], bore false witness [past], borne false witness [participle, past]
Etymology: See bear witness and false witness. Head templates: {{en-verb|bear<,,bore,borne> false witness}} bear false witness (third-person singular simple present bears false witness, present participle bearing false witness, simple past bore false witness, past participle borne false witness)
  1. To give an untrue testimony; to lie despite one's oath e.g. in court. Translations (to give an untrue testimony): شَهِدَ زُورًا (šahida zūran) (Arabic), antaa väärä todistus (Finnish), faire un faux témoignage (French), hamis tanúvallomást tesz (Hungarian), krzywoprzysięgać [imperfective] (Polish), krzywoprzysięgnąć [perfective] (Polish), krzywoprzysiąc [perfective] (Polish)
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          "sense": "to give an untrue testimony",
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      "sense": "to give an untrue testimony",
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      "sense": "to give an untrue testimony",
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