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perjuring


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  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Perjure  \Per"jure\,  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Perjured};  p.  pr  &  vb 
  n.  {Perjuring}.]  [F.  parjurer,  L.  perjurare  perjerare  per 
  through  over  +  jurare  to  swear.  See  {Jury}.] 
  1.  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;  --  often  used 
  reflexively;  as  he  perjured  himself. 
 
  Want  will  perjure  The  ne'er-touched  vestal.  --Shak. 
 
  2.  To  make  a  false  oath  to  to  deceive  by  oaths  and 
  protestations.  [Obs.] 
 
  And  with  a  virgin  innocence  did  pray  For  me  that 
  perjured  her  --J.  Fletcher. 
 
  Syn:  To  {Perjure},  {Forswear}. 
 
  Usage:  These  words  have  been  used  interchangeably;  but  there 
  is  a  tendency  to  restrict  perjure  to  that  species  of 
  forswearing  which  constitutes  the  crime  of  perjury  at 
  law,  namely,  the  willful  violation  of  an  oath 
  administered  by  a  magistrate  or  according  to  law. 




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