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▪ I. † ˈperjure, n.1 (a.) Obs.
Also 6 periur.
[a. AF. perjur (Gower), parjur, in F. parjur(e (12–13th c.), or ad. L. perjūr-us one who swears falsely; an oath-breaker, a perjured person; cf. perjure v.]
One who commits perjury; a perjurer.[1341Rolls of Parlt. II. 130/1 Qar trop' y ad parjurs en son Roialme.] a1540Bale in Ellis Orig. Lett. Ser. iii. III. 153 Sum of them ar knowne for common perjurs. 1546― Eng. Votaries i. (1550) 75 b, Callynge them all that nought was, As hypocrytes, dyssemblers, dodypolles,.. periures. 1588Shakes. L.L.L. iv. iii. 47 He comes in like a periure, wearing papers. [See note, s.v. Perjured 2.] 1615R. Brathwait Strappado (1878) 151 Vow-breaking periure, that her selfe adornes, With thousand fashions, and as many formes.
b. as adj. Perjurious, perjured.
c1420Lydg. Siege Thebes 2049 Thow art..deceyveable and falsly ek forsworn, And ek periur of thyn assured ooth. a1600Montgomerie Misc. P. xviii. 70 To tell the halk in haist sho hyde, The kyt wes palȝard and perjure.
▪ II. † perˈjure, n.2 Obs. rare—1.
[prob. a. F. parjure, ad. L. perjūrium false oath.]
= perjury.
1390Gower Conf. II. 389 Of Covoitise and of Perjure, Of fals brocage and of Usure.
▪ III. perjure, v.|ˈpɜːdʒə(r)|
Also 5–6 par-.
[a. OF. parjure-r (11th c. in Littré):—L. perjūrāre to swear falsely, break one's oath, f. per- 3 + jūrāre to swear. In AF. in Britton; in Eng. found first in pa. pple., in 15th c.]
†1. intr. To swear falsely, to commit perjury; to bear false witness while on oath; to be false to an oath, promise, etc. Obs.
[1292Britton iv. ix. §2 Et si acun soit fet parjurer a escient par acun sovereyn. transl. If any one be made to perjure knowingly by any lord superior.] 1647N. Bacon Disc. Govt. Eng. i. lxiv. (1739) 135 He procures a Dispensation from Rome to perjure and oppress without sin. 1731Swift Judas Misc. 1735 V. 64 Some who can perjure thro' a two Inch Board; Yet keep their Bishopricks, and scape the Cord. 1788–9Gibbon Autobiog. (1896) 388 Resolved to abjure and perjure, as occasion might serve.
†b. With obj. clause (or ? compl.). Obs. rare.
a1586Sidney Arcadia (1622) 249 Plentifully perjuring how extremely her son loved her.
c. refl. to perjure oneself: to forswear oneself. [So in F. se parjurer, from 11th c.] Now the usual const.
1755Johnson, Perjure, v.a...It is used with the reciprocal pronoun [1818 Todd adds: as, ‘he perjured himself’]. 1772Priestley Inst. Relig. (1782) I. 114 A person who has..perjured himself [is] the bane of society. 1797Encycl. Brit. (ed. 3) XIV. 151/1 No man will perjure himself (says Aristotle) who apprehends vengeance from Heaven and disgrace among men.
d. quasi-pass. (see perjured). to be perjured: to be forsworn, to be guilty of perjury.
1477Earl Rivers (Caxton) Dictes 11 Kepe you that ye be not pariured and let trouth be alwey in your mouthe. a1533Ld. Berners Huon cxxxi. 487, I had rather be pariuryd then to fordo that thynge that god wyll haue done to punysshe the. 1649Jer. Taylor Gt. Exemp. i. Disc. ii. §21 To be perjur'd for the saving ten thousand pounds. 1719Young Revenge i. i, And are you perjur'd then for virtue's sake? How often have you sworn? 1780New Newgate Cal. V. 27 It is probable, that if Birch had been perjured, he would have been prosecuted.
†2. trans. To prove false to or break (an oath, vow, promise, etc.). Obs.
1483Caxton G. de la Tour D j b, Than she lyeth and periured her feith and trouthe. 1555Cranmer Let. to Q. Mary in Foxe A. & M. (1583) 1891 Which othes be so contrary yt the one must needs be periured. 1652Gaule Magastrom. 307 He could not foresee how Laomedon would perjure his promise. 1809Susan I. 195 Even before the solemn vow had passsed their lips, determined to perjure it.
†3. To prove false to (a person) to whom one has sworn faith. Obs. rare. [In 15–16th c. Fr.]
1610Fletcher Faithf. Sheph. iii. i, She..did pray For me that perjur'd her.
†4. To make perjured, cause to commit perjury. Obs. rare.
1606Shakes. Ant. & Cl. iii. xii. 30 Women are not In their best Fortunes strong; but want will periure The ne're touch'd Vestall. |