forswear

FORSWEAR, verb transitive preterit tense forswore; participle passive forsworn. See Swear and Answer.]1. To reject or renounce upon oath.2. To deny upon oath.Like innocence, and as serenely bold as truth, how loudly he forswears thy gold.To forswear one's self, is to swear falsely; to perjure one's self.Thou shalt not forswear thyself. Matthew 5:33.FORSWEAR, verb intransitive To swear falsely; to commit perjury