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    FORSWEAR

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

    Irregular inflected forms: forswore  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation, forsworn  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

     I. (verb) 

    Verb forms

    Present simple: I / you / we / they forswear  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation ... he / she / it forswears  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

    Past simple: forswore  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

    Past participle: forsworn  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

    -ing form: forswearing  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually under pressureplay

    Example:

    She abjured her beliefs

    Synonyms:

    abjure; forswear; recant; resile; retract

    Classified under:

    Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

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

    disown; renounce; repudiate (cast off)

    Sentence frames:

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

    Derivation:

    forswearing (the act of renouncing; sacrificing or giving up or surrendering (a possession or right or title or privilege etc.))

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