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FORESWEAR

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Turn away from; give up

Example:

I am foreswearing women forever

Synonyms:

foreswear; quit; relinquish; renounce

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Hypernyms (to "foreswear" is one way to...):

abandon; give up (give up with the intent of never claiming again)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "foreswear"):

disclaim (renounce a legal claim or title to)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody

Sense 2

Meaning:

Do without or cease to hold or adhere to

Example:

relinquish the old ideas

Synonyms:

dispense with; forego; foreswear; forgo; relinquish; waive

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "foreswear"):

give up; kick (stop consuming)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

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