Perjure meaning

pûr'jər
To make (oneself) guilty of perjury.
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(reflexive) To knowingly and willfully make a false statement of witness while in court.
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To cause to violate an oath or a vow; to cause to make oath knowingly to what is untrue; to make guilty of perjury; to forswear; to corrupt.

He perjured himself.

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To make a false oath to; to deceive by oaths and protestations.
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(obsolete) A perjured person.

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To make (oneself) guilty of perjury.
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Origin of perjure

  • Middle English perjuren from Old French perjurer from Latin periūrāre per- per- iūrāre to swear yewes- in Indo-European roots
    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Perjure Sentence Examples

  • By command of Zeus she carries in a ewer water from the Styx, with which she puts to sleep all who perjure themselves.

  • (911-959) goes back the Jewish form of oath which in its later development required the Jew to gird himself with thorns; stand in water; and, holding the scroll of the Torah in his hand, invoke upon his person the leprosy of Naaman, the curse of Eli and the fate of Korah's sons should he perjure himself.

  • Verse 33, " And again your rabbis have said, Thou shalt not perjure thyself but make sure you perform all your oaths.

  • pp. 183-188.) If Moray the righteous could act thus, much more might the murderer Morton perjure himself in his averment that there had been no tampering with the Casket Letters in his custody.

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