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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Abjure \Ab*jure"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Abjured}; p. pr & vb
n. {Abjuring}.] [L. abjurare to deny upon oath; ab + jurare
to swear, fr jus, juris, right law; cf F. abjurer. See
{Jury}.]
1. To renounce upon oath; to forswear; to disavow; as to
abjure allegiance to a prince. To abjure the realm, is to
swear to abandon it forever.
2. To renounce or reject with solemnity; to recant; to
abandon forever; to reject; repudiate; as to abjure
errors. ``Magic I here abjure.'' --Shak.
Syn: See {Renounce}.
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