19 September 2017
forswear
[fawr-swair]
verb (used with object), forswore, forsworn, forswearing.
1. to reject or renounce under oath:
to forswear an injurious habit.
2. to deny vehemently or under oath.
3. to perjure (oneself).
verb (used without object), forswore, forsworn, forswearing.
4. to swear falsely; commit perjury.
Origin of forswear
Middle English, Old English
900 before 900; Middle English forsweren, Old English forswerian. See for-, swear
Related forms
forswearer, noun
Synonyms
1. abjure, relinquish, forgo, forsake, abandon.
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Examples from the Web for forswear
Contemporary Examples
You do not forswear studying by electric light because Lincoln relied on his fireplace.
Randy Cohen’s Three Favorite Ethicist Columns
Randy Cohen
October 8, 2012
Historical Examples
The old girl must be protected from that sort of eye-opener, if I’ve to forswear my soul.
Romance
Joseph Conrad and F.M. Hueffer
He would not forswear his fathers’ faith and did not understand what the priest said.
From Pole to Pole
Sven Anders Hedin
“Then I forswear all rash promises for the future,” he declared.
That Girl Montana
Marah Ellis Ryan
All the world seemed bent on compelling her to forswear herself.
The Madigans
Miriam Michelson
What is the secret of thy ring that a man must forswear love for it?
Operas Every Child Should Know
Mary Schell Hoke Bacon
The Tunker says that I must forswear myself to become a Christian.
In The Boyhood of Lincoln
Hezekiah Butterworth
But what right had he to defend from gallantry the woman he was about to forswear before the world?
Excuse Me!
Rupert Hughes
If you would belong to me, forswear all of which this is the emblem.
The Pastor’s Fire-side Vol. 4 (of 4)
Jane Porter
I abhor myself, and from this hour, I forswear all woman-kind for your sake.
Self-control
Mary Brunton
Anagram
fear rows
safer row
few roars
Today’s quote
Fairness is not about statistical equality.
– John Bercow
On this day
19 September – International Talk Like a Pirate Day.
19 September 1952 – Charlie Chaplin exiled from the United States because of his anti-war and humanitarian beliefs which conflicted with McCarthy’s ‘reds under the bed’ policy.
19 September 1959 – USSR President Nikita Khrushchev banned from visiting Disneyland … ironically 31 years after Mickey Mouse debuted on screen. The reason given was that the Los Angeles Police Chief couldn’t provide adequate security.
19 September 1982 – birth of the emoticon. At 11.44am on this day, a computer scientist by the name of Scott Fahlman suggested on a bulletin board forum that the now iconic 🙂 be used to indicate a post was ‘not serious’. It has now come to also mean happy, as well as not serious for when people post comments, emails etc … or when they think a smiley will help ease a flame …
19 September 2003 – death of Slim Dusty AO, MBE, Australian country music singer, song-writer and producer. He was born as David Gordon Kirkpatrick and adopted the name of Slim Dusty at 11 years of age. He released his first record when he was 18. In 1957, he released ‘The Pub With No Beer‘, which became the biggest selling Australian song to that time, and the first Australian single to go gold. He won 36 Golden Guitar Awards at the Tamworth Country Music Festival. In 2000, he recorded his 100th album, ‘Looking Forward, Looking Back‘. He is the only artist in the world to have recorded 100 albums with the same record label (EMI). Born 13 June 1927.