| slovo | definícia |
forsworn
(encz) | forsworn,křivě přísahal Zdeněk Brož |
forsworn
(encz) | forsworn,křivopřísežný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Forsworn
(gcide) | Forsworn \For*sworn"\,
p. p. of Forswear.
[1913 Webster] |
Forsworn
(gcide) | Forswear \For*swear"\, v. t. [imp. Forswore; p. p. Forsworn;
p. pr. & vb. n. Forswearing.] [OE. forsweren, forswerien,
AS. forswerian; pref. for- + swerian to swear. See For-,
and Swear, v. i.]
1. To reject or renounce upon oath; hence, to renounce
earnestly, determinedly, or with protestations.
[1913 Webster]
I . . . do forswear her. --Shak.
[1913 Webster]
2. To deny upon oath.
[1913 Webster]
Like innocence, and as serenely bold
As truth, how loudly he forswears thy gold!
--Dryden.
[1913 Webster]
To forswear one's self, to swear falsely; to perjure one's
self. "Thou shalt not forswear thyself." --Matt. v. 33.
Syn: See Perjure.
[1913 Webster] |
| | podobné slovo | definícia |
forsworn
(encz) | forsworn,křivě přísahal Zdeněk Brožforsworn,křivopřísežný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Forswornness
(gcide) | Forswornness \For*sworn"ness\, n.
State of being forsworn. [R.]
[1913 Webster] |
|