"perjure" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈpɜː(ɹ)d͡ʒə(ɹ)/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-perjure.wav [Southern-England] Forms: perjures [plural]
Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)d͡ʒə(ɹ) Etymology: From Old French parjurer, from Latin periūrō. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|fro|parjurer}} Old French parjurer, {{m|la|periūrō}} periūrō Head templates: {{en-noun}} perjure (plural perjures)
  1. (obsolete) A perjured person. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-perjure-en-noun--xJ9KwpM

Verb

IPA: /ˈpɜː(ɹ)d͡ʒə(ɹ)/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-perjure.wav [Southern-England] Forms: perjures [present, singular, third-person], perjuring [participle, present], perjured [participle, past], perjured [past]
Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)d͡ʒə(ɹ) Etymology: From Old French parjurer, from Latin periūrō. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|fro|parjurer}} Old French parjurer, {{m|la|periūrō}} periūrō 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), hamisan tanúzik (Hungarian), periūrō (Latin), peierō (Latin), forswerian (Old English), krzywoprzysięstwo [neuter] (Polish), лжесвидетельствовать (lžesvidetelʹstvovatʹ) (Russian), krivoprísažníctvo [neuter] (Slovak), perjurar (Spanish), begå mened (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-perjure-en-verb-ttc5ikYd Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 23 42 21 14 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 24 41 21 14 Disambiguation of 'knowingly make a false statement of witness': 63 17 20
  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
  3. (transitive) To make a false oath to; to deceive by oaths and protestations. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-perjure-en-verb-o1PqJOMa
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: forswear, manswear Related terms: perjury

Inflected forms

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    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpɜː(ɹ)d͡ʒə(ɹ)/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɜː(ɹ)d͡ʒə(ɹ)"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "purger"
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-perjure.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/b/bb/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-perjure.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-perjure.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/b/bb/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-perjure.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-perjure.wav.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Southern England)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "perjure"
}

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