forswear
/fə(r)ˈswɛə(r)/
- vt.
- 发誓抛弃，发誓否定
- vi.
- 发伪誓，作伪证
中文释义来自 ECDICT
词源链
- 英语English
forswear
词源说明
From Middle English forsweren, from Old English forswerian (“to swear falsely”). Cognate with Old Saxon farswerian, Old High German farsweren, German verschwören. More at for- and swear. Sense 2 is an old Germanic calque of Latin perjūrō (root of English perjure), corresponding to per- (“for-”) + jūrō (“swear”).