Sekirov Dictionary

perjure

UK /ˈpɜːd͡ʒə(ɹ)/US /ˈpɝd͡ʒɚ/

verb 3
noun 1
forms 5

verb3

•
[with oneself] To knowingly and willfully make a false statement of witness while in court.
- He perjured himself.
•
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.
- Want will perjure the ne'er-touched vestal. — 1606
•
To make a false oath to; to deceive by oaths and protestations.
- And with a virgin innocence did pray / For me, that perjured her. — 1608

noun1

•
(no longer used) A perjured person.
- He comes in like a perjure, wearing papers — 1595

forms

perjured · perjuring · perjures · perjureth · perjurest

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