Thesaurus: perjure
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; -- often used reflexively; as, he perjured himself.
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Definitions
- v. t. 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; -- often used reflexively; as, he perjured himself.
- v. t. To make a false oath to; to deceive by oaths and protestations.
- n. A perjured person.
- v. knowingly tell an untruth in a legal court and render oneself guilty of perjury
- v:100 v. knowingly tell an untruth in a legal court and render oneself guilty of perjury