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third-person singular simple present forswears, present participle forswearing, simple past forswore, past participle forsworn
(transitive) To renounce or deny something, especially under oath. quotations examples
Never to woo her more; but do forswear her.
1592, William Shakespeare, The Taming of the Shrew
Like Innocence, and as serenely bold / As Truth, how loudly He forswears thy Gold!.
1726, John Dryden, translating Juvenal, Satires
Either forswear fucking others or the affair is over.
1995, Philip Roth, Sabbath's Theater
The sheer unimaginableness of coming into her mouth — of coming into anything other than the air or a tissue or a dirty sock — was an allurement too stupendous for a novice to forswear.
2008, Philip Roth, Indignation
(intransitive or reflexive) To commit perjury; to break an oath. examples