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Synonyms for perjured


Grammar : Adj
Spell : pur-jerd
Phonetic Transcription : ˈpɜr dʒərd



Définition of perjured

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.
  • adj perjurious
Example sentences :
  • We were right, it seems, in putting some stress on that "perjured" when we first met it.
  • Extract from : « The Man Shakespeare » by Frank Harris
  • "You would be perjured in that case, sir," I rejoined, as haughtily.
  • Extract from : « A Day's Ride » by Charles James Lever
  • They are poor, and must be perjured; they are half-famished, and of course they are infamous.
  • Extract from : « Luttrell Of Arran » by Charles James Lever
  • And all this I owe to that false, perjured woman that was my wife, and is your mistress.
  • Extract from : « The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 104, June, 1866 » by Various
  • Coleman was reported, by a perjured informer, to have asked.
  • Extract from : « The Valet's Tragedy and Other Stories » by Andrew Lang
  • He has made you out to be a perjured, wilful, cruel bigamist.
  • Extract from : « Dr. Wortle's School » by Anthony Trollope
  • He said, "He would answer no perjured prelate in the nation."
  • Extract from : « Biographia Scoticana (Scots Worthies) » by John Howie
  • Perhaps acquitted on a mere technicality of law or a perjured alibi.
  • Extract from : « El Diablo » by Brayton Norton
  • He said it the day that perjured villain Pat Murphy killed my magpie.
  • Extract from : « The Beth Book » by Sarah Grand
  • It is because I perjured my soul, and have perjured my soul to deny it elsewhere, that I now dare to say it!
  • Extract from : « A Sappho of Green Springs » by Bret Harte

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