"perjure" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈpɜːd͡ʒə(ɹ)/ [General-Australian, Received-Pronunciation], /ˈpɝd͡ʒɚ/ [Canada, General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-perjure.wav Forms: perjures [plural]
Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)dʒə(ɹ) Etymology: From Old French parjurer, from Latin periūrō. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|fro|parjurer}} Old French parjurer Head templates: {{en-noun}} perjure (plural perjures)
  1. (obsolete) A perjured person. Tags: obsolete
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Verb

IPA: /ˈpɜːd͡ʒə(ɹ)/ [General-Australian, Received-Pronunciation], /ˈpɝd͡ʒɚ/ [Canada, General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-perjure.wav Forms: perjures [present, singular, third-person], perjuring [participle, present], perjured [participle, past], perjured [past]
Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)dʒə(ɹ) Etymology: From Old French parjurer, from Latin periūrō. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|fro|parjurer}} Old French parjurer Head templates: {{en-verb}} perjure (third-person singular simple present perjures, present participle perjuring, simple past and past participle perjured)
  1. (reflexive) To knowingly and willfully make a false statement of witness while in court. Tags: reflexive Translations (knowingly make a false statement of witness): лъжесвидетелствам (lǎžesvidetelstvam) (Bulgarian), perjurar (Catalan), 作伪证 (Chinese Mandarin), křivopřísežnictví [neuter] (Czech), mened (Danish), meineed plegen (Dutch), vannoa väärä vala (Finnish), parjurer (French), einen Meineid schwören (German), eine Falschaussage machen (German), lügen (German), hamisan tanúzik (Hungarian), periūrō (Latin), peierō (Latin), forswerian (Old English), krzywoprzysięstwo [neuter] (Polish), лжесвидетельствовать (lžesvidetelʹstvovatʹ) (Russian), krivoprísažníctvo [neuter] (Slovak), perjurar (Spanish), begå mened (Swedish)
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  2. (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. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-perjure-en-verb-5PwHeswS Categories (other): Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Slovak translations Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 38 33 18 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 41 34 14 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Slovak translations: 41 34 14 11
  3. (transitive) To make a false oath to; to deceive by oaths and protestations. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-perjure-en-verb-o1PqJOMa Categories (other): Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Slovak translations Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 38 33 18 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 41 34 14 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Slovak translations: 41 34 14 11
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: forswear, manswear, misswear Related terms: perjury

Inflected forms

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      "word": "perjury"
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          "text": "He perjured himself.",
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        "To knowingly and willfully make a false statement of witness while in court."
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        "(reflexive) To knowingly and willfully make a false statement of witness while in court."
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        {
          "ref": "c. 1606–1607 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Anthonie and Cleopatra”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene xii]:",
          "text": "Want will perjure the ne'er-touched vestal.",
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      "glosses": [
        "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."
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        "(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."
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          "ref": "1608, John Fletcher, The Faithful Shepherdess:",
          "text": "And with a virgin innocence did pray / For me, that perjured her.",
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        "To make a false oath to; to deceive by oaths and protestations."
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        "(transitive) To make a false oath to; to deceive by oaths and protestations."
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      "rhymes": "-ɜː(ɹ)dʒə(ɹ)"
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      "word": "forswear"
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      "word": "manswear"
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      "word": "misswear"
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      "roman": "lǎžesvidetelstvam",
      "sense": "knowingly make a false statement of witness",
      "word": "лъжесвидетелствам"
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      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "knowingly make a false statement of witness",
      "word": "perjurar"
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "knowingly make a false statement of witness",
      "word": "作伪证"
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      "sense": "knowingly make a false statement of witness",
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      "code": "da",
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      "sense": "knowingly make a false statement of witness",
      "word": "mened"
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      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "knowingly make a false statement of witness",
      "word": "meineed plegen"
    },
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "knowingly make a false statement of witness",
      "word": "vannoa väärä vala"
    },
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "knowingly make a false statement of witness",
      "word": "parjurer"
    },
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "knowingly make a false statement of witness",
      "word": "einen Meineid schwören"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "knowingly make a false statement of witness",
      "word": "eine Falschaussage machen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "knowingly make a false statement of witness",
      "word": "lügen"
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "knowingly make a false statement of witness",
      "word": "hamisan tanúzik"
    },
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      "code": "la",
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      "sense": "knowingly make a false statement of witness",
      "word": "periūrō"
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      "sense": "knowingly make a false statement of witness",
      "word": "peierō"
    },
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      "sense": "knowingly make a false statement of witness",
      "word": "forswerian"
    },
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      "sense": "knowingly make a false statement of witness",
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    },
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      "code": "ru",
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      "roman": "lžesvidetelʹstvovatʹ",
      "sense": "knowingly make a false statement of witness",
      "word": "лжесвидетельствовать"
    },
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      "sense": "knowingly make a false statement of witness",
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      "word": "krivoprísažníctvo"
    },
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "knowingly make a false statement of witness",
      "word": "perjurar"
    },
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "knowingly make a false statement of witness",
      "word": "begå mened"
    }
  ],
  "word": "perjure"
}

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        "A perjured person."
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        "(obsolete) A perjured person."
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      "ipa": "/ˈpɝd͡ʒɚ/",
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      "homophone": "purger"
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}

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