1. To reject or renounce upon oath; hence, to renounce earnestly, determinedly, or with protestations. I . . . do forswear her. Shak.
2. To deny upon oath. Like innocence, and as serenely bold As truth, how loudly he forswears thy gold! Dryden. To forswear one's self, to swear falsely; to peforswear thyself."
Syn.
— See Perjure.
FORSWEAR
For*swear", v. i.
Defn: To swear falsely; to commit perjury. Shak.
FORSWEARER
For*swear"er, n.
Defn: One who rejects of renounces upon oath; one who swears a false oath.
FORSWONK
For*swonk", a. Etym: [Pref. for- + swonk, p.p. of swinkto labor. See
Swink.]
Defn: Overlabored; exhausted; worn out. [Obs.] Spenser.
FORSWORE
For*swore",