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Synonyms for perjure


Grammar : Verb
Spell : pur-jer
Phonetic Transcription : ˈpɜr dʒər

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Définition of perjure

Origin :
  • mid-15c. "swear falsely" (implied in perjured; late 13c. in Anglo-French), from Old French parjurer "to break one's word, renege on a promise" (11c.), from Latin periurare "to swear falsely, break one's oath" (see perjury). Reflexive sense is from 18c.
  • verb give false testimony
Example sentences :
  • He remembered the young clerk who had wanted to perjure himself for his sake.
  • Extract from : « The Prisoner » by Alice Brown
  • I thought he was willing to perjure himself because he had an affection for me.
  • Extract from : « The Prisoner » by Alice Brown
  • Would you ask me to perjure my immortal soul to the world and to my God?
  • Extract from : « The Martyr of the Catacombs » by Anonymous
  • In Cork you shall be, if I have to perjure my soul to prove it!
  • Extract from : « Grey Town » by Gerald Baldwin
  • I will not perjure myself at his bidding; but being with him, I will kneel to him unbidden.
  • Extract from : « Privy Seal » by Ford Madox Ford
  • If you question her you'll simply drive her to perjure herself.
  • Extract from : « Embarrassments » by Henry James
  • "You want me to perjure myself and you 'want me to do it quick,'" she mimicked.
  • Extract from : « The Lady Doc » by Caroline Lockhart
  • No, it was not that which caused you to perjure your plighted vows.
  • Extract from : « Alonzo and Melissa » by Daniel Jackson, Jr.
  • Not to swear, lest he perjure himself; to speak the truth from the heart.
  • Extract from : « A Source Book for Mediaeval History » by Oliver J. Thatcher
  • If I perjure myself to save them from shame and ruin, will not God pardon me?
  • Extract from : « Mirk Abbey, Volume 3(of 3) » by James Payn

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