† perjuren.¹

Forms: Middle English periure, Middle English perjure, Middle English pure (transmission error); Scottish pre-1700 periure, pre-1700 perjure.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin periūrium.

Etymology: < classical Latin periūrium perjury n. Compare Anglo-Norman and Old French, Middle French, French parjure perjury (second half of the 12th cent. in Old French; also in Anglo-Norman as parjur ), Old Occitan, Occitan perjuri (c1100), Catalan perjuri (13th cent.; also as †perjur ), Spanish perjurio (1247 or earlier; also as †perjuro ), Portuguese perjúrio (1152 as periurio ). Compare perjury n. and perjure n.²

Obsolete (Scottish in later use).

= perjury n.

ΘΚΠ

society > law > rule of law > lawlessness > specific offences > [noun] > perjury

forswornnessc1000

manathOE

false swearingc1200

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a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) v. 7617 (MED) Of Avarice..I have divided in parties The branches..Of Covoitise and of Perjure, Of fals brocage and of Usure.

1444 Rolls of Parl. V. 112/1 The seid Tenauntz or Defendauntz often tymes imaginen and pleden forein and fals Plees..whuch causeth grete perjure.

1491 in T. Thomson Acts Lords Auditors (1839) 166/2 Vnder the pannis of infame periure and inhabilite.

a1500 (c1450) P. Idley Instr. to his Son (Arun.) (1935) ii. A. 2765 Periure [c1475 Cambr. Remembre how vengaunce was his meede, Soden dethe for pure and fals dissimulacion].

1521 in C. Innes Liber Sancte Marie de Melros (1837) 632 And onder the payn of defamatioun periure and inhabilitye.

1593–4 in D. H. Fleming Reg. Christian Congregation St. Andrews (1890) II. 771 (margin) Convict of perjure [for breaking oaths of obedience to Provost, etc.].

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

† perjureadj.n.²

Forms: late Middle English periur, late Middle English–1600s (1800s archaic) perjure, 1500s perjur, 1500s–1600s periure; Scottish pre-1700 periure, pre-1700 perjure.

Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French perjure; Latin periūrus.

Etymology: < (i) Anglo-Norman perjur, perjure (noun) perjured person, oath-breaker (c1140 as perjure ; compare Anglo-Norman and Old French, Middle French, French parjure (c1155 in Old French) and Middle French, French †perjure (16th cent.)), (adjective) perjurious (second half of the 14th cent. or earlier in Anglo-Norman; earlier in Old French as parjure (c1165)), and its etymon (ii) classical Latin periūrus (noun) a person who swears falsely, an oath-breaker, a perjured person, (adjective) guilty of perjury < per per prep. + iūr- , iūs law (see jure n.). Compare Old Occitan, Occitan perjur (c1150 as adjective and noun), Catalan perjuri (1279 as noun in this sense), Spanish perjuro (1256 or earlier as adjective, late 13th cent. or earlier as noun in this sense), perjurio (1196 or earlier as noun in this sense), Portuguese perjuro (1297 as periuro in this sense); compare perjure n.¹ With use as adjective compare slightly later perjurious adj. and perjurous adj., and compare also slightly later perjure v. With use as noun compare earlier perjurer n., and slightly earlier perjured n.In use as noun, earlier currency is perhaps implied by the surname Robertus Perjure (1214), although it is unclear whether this is to be interpreted as reflecting the Middle English or the Anglo-Norman word.

Obsolete.

A. adj.

Perjured, perjurious.

ΘΚΠ

society > law > rule of law > lawlessness > specific offences > [adjective] > perjury > that has sworn falsely

forswornOE

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a1450 (?c1421) J. Lydgate Siege Thebes (Arun.) (1911) 2049 (MED) Thow art not feithful of thy behest, Stable of thy word that thow hast seid to-forn, But deceyveable and falsly ek forsworn, And ek periur of thyn assured ooth.

a1464 J. Capgrave Abbreuiacion of Cron. (Cambr. Gg.4.12) (1983) 233 A cardinal of Bordews eke cam into þis lond to excite þe kyng and the prelatis þat þei schuld withdrawe her obediens fro þe pope, whech was perjure.

1551 Acts Parl. Scotl. (1814) II. 486 [They] swa ar of the law periure and infame.

a1598 A. Montgomerie Poems (1910) xviii. 70 To tell the halk in haist sho hyde, The kyt wes palȝard and perjure.

1609 J. Skene tr. Regiam Majestatem i Perjure and main-sworne persones sould be excluded furth of the societie of all men.

B. n.²

A person who commits perjury; a perjurer. rare (poetic) after early 17th cent.In quot. 1598 alluding to the former practice of attaching to a convicted perjurer a paper announcing his or her guilt; cf. paper n. 8.

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society > law > rule of law > lawlessness > specific offences > [noun] > perjury > perjurer

manswareOE

false swearerc1380

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a1540 J. Bale in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. (1846) 3rd Ser. III. 153 Sum of them ar knowne for common perjurs.

1546 J. Bale Actes Eng. Votaryes: 1st Pt. f. 75^v Callynge them all that nought was. As hypocrytes, dyssemblers, dodypolles,..periures.

1598 W. Shakespeare Love's Labour's Lost iv. iii. 45 He comes in like a periure, wearing papers.

1615 R. Brathwait Strappado 151 Vow-breaking periure, that her selfe adornes, With thousand fashions, and as many formes.

1872 A. Austen Interludes 74 Have faith that Time the Scourger will be even with the perjure.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

perjurev.

Brit.

/ˈpəːdʒə/, U.S.

/ˈpərdʒər/

Forms: late Middle English–1500s pariure, late Middle English–1600s periure, late Middle English– perjure, 1500s periewrd (past participle), 1700s–1800s parjure (regional and nonstandard), 1800s purjure (nonstandard).

Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French parjurer; Latin periūrāre.

Etymology: < (i) Anglo-Norman and Middle French parjurer, perjurer (c1100 in Anglo-Norman; French parjurer ) (transitive) to commit perjury (1176–81 in Old French; also reflexive (c1100 in Anglo-Norman)), to break (one's promise, vow, oath) (late 12th cent. in Old French), to make (a person) guilty of perjury (mid 13th cent. in Old French), to prove false to one to whom one has sworn an oath (mid 15th cent. or earlier), to swear falsely (c1535), (intransitive) to commit perjury (c1150 in Old French), and their etymon (ii) classical Latin periūrāre to swear falsely, to break one's oath, re-formation (after iūs law: see jure n.) of pēierāre < per- per- prefix + iūrāre to swear (see jurant adj. and n.). Compare Old Occitan, Occitan perjurar (c1150), Catalan perjurar (13th cent.), Spanish perjurar (1102 or earlier), Portuguese perjurar (13th cent. as past participle periurada).The verb first occurs (forming a passive construction with to be ) in the past participle perjured : this could be regarded as formed directly after the Anglo-Norman participle (see perjured adj.) and as giving rise subsequently to the finite parts of the verb.

1. transitive (in passive). To be guilty of perjury; (Criminal Law) to be guilty of lying during the course of judicial proceedings, esp. whilst on oath. Cf. perjured adj. 1.

ΚΠ

1453 in J. P. Collier Trevelyan Papers (1857) 25 (MED) If he [sc. the chaplain] be lecherus or perjured, a theaff, or a murderar, with such other vices corrupt, the chaunterye is voyde.

1477 Earl Rivers tr. Dictes or Sayengis Philosophhres (Caxton) (1877) lf. 6 Kepe you that ye be not pariured and let trouth be alwey in your mouthe.

c1515 Ld. Berners tr. Bk. Duke Huon of Burdeux (1882–7) cxxxi. 487 I had rather be pariuryd then to fordo that thynge that god wyll haue done to punysshe the.

1558 T. Phaer tr. Virgil Seuen First Bks. Eneidos ii. sig. D.ij By this deceit, and through the craft of Sinon false periewrd.

1620 tr. G. Boccaccio Decameron I. i. i. f. 9 Great trust and beleefe was giuen to an oath, he making no care or conscience to be periured.

1682 Bp. G. Burnet Hist. Rights Princes (new ed.) Pref. 37 In which Case he is in truth neither a Liar nor is he perjured.

1721 E. Young Revenge i. i. 12 And are you perjur'd then for virtue's sake? How often have you sworn?

1780 New Newgate Cal. V. 27 It is probable, that if Birch had been perjured, he would have been prosecuted.

1854 C. Norton Eng. Laws for Women in 19th Cent. 47 All the world..must acknowledge that the principal witnesses were perjured and suborned.

1874 A. Trollope Phineas Redux II. iv. 32 ‘The evidence was conclusive.’ ‘Then are the jury all perjured,’ said Phineas.

1902 Truth (Sydney) 12 Jan. 4/8 Any wowser who wears a black coat and a plug hat, and hooks himself on to the tail of a prominent politician, no matter how discredited and perjured.

1985 B. Unsworth Stone Virgin 3 She was not present on this occasion..so already she is perjured because she has said on oath that she witnessed this scene.

2. transitive. To break (an oath, vow, promise, etc.).

ΚΠ

1484 W. Caxton tr. G. de la Tour-Landry Bk. Knight of Tower (1971) xxiv. 58 Than she lyeth and periured [read periureth] her feithe and trouthe.

1555 T. Cranmer Certain Lett. (1556) sig. Bvij Which othes be so contrary y^t the one must needs be periured.

1652 J. Gaule Πυς-μαντια 307 He could not foresee, how Laomedon would perjure his promise.

1705 D. Defoe Hymn to Pillory in Writings II. 112 Spare that Priest, whose tottering Conscience knew That if he took but one he'd perjure two.

1785 T. Dwight Conquest of Canäan x. 241 Burst every tie, and perjure every vow.

1809 Susan I. 195 Even before the solemn vow had passed their lips, determined to perjure it.

1867 Old Guard Mar. 216/1 He..grossly and impiously perjured his oath of office.

1961 French Hist. Stud. 2 74 Charles..would deliberately perjure his coronation oath of allegiance.

2000 Duke Law Jrnl. 49 1126 Refusing to make a promise by which we cannot abide is perfectly acceptable. In fact, it is far more honorable than swearing an oath, only later to perjure it.

3. To commit perjury; (Criminal Law) to lie during the course of a judicial proceeding, esp. whilst on oath.

a. intransitive.

ΘΚΠ

society > law > rule of law > lawlessness > specific offences > [verb (intransitive)] > commit perjury

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manswearOE

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pejerate1656

perjure one's faith1697

1537 in R. Pitcairn Criminal Trials Scotl. (1833) I. i. 203 [They had] wilfullie..errit periurit and thame selff mansworne in [etc.].

1593 R. Cosin Apol. for Sundrie Proc. (rev. ed.) 39 A Iudge, though he know it not, but only haue probable suspition, that the partie is like wilfully to periure; ought not to vrge an Oathe at his hands.

1647 N. Bacon Hist. Disc. Govt. 217 He procures a dispensation from Rome to perjure and oppresse without sinne.

1678 S. Butler Hudibras: Third Pt. iii. 304 The other, for base gain, and pay, Forswear, and perjure, by the day.

1735 J. Swift Judas in Wks. II. 355 Some who can perjure thro' a two-Inch Board; Yet keep their Bishopricks, and 'scape the Cord.

a1794 E. Gibbon Autobiogr. (1896) 388 Resolved to abjure and perjure, as occasion might serve.

1828 R. Montgomery Puffiad 103 Some pander, perjure—cozen, quack, or rob.

?1904 H. V. Esmond Billy's Little Love Affair ii. 50 Don't lie or perjure.

1986 Memphis State Univ. Law Rev. 16 543 A ‘veteran’ of the court system will be able to postpone his own conviction indefinitely by admitting to his attorney his intention to perjure.

b. transitive (reflexive).

ΘΚΠ

society > law > rule of law > lawlessness > specific offences > [verb (reflexive)] > commit perjury

forsweara1000

manswearc1480

perjure1551

1551–2 in J. H. Burton Reg. Privy Council Scotl. (1877) 1st Ser. I. 123 Sa that he wilfullie perjuris and mansweris him selff.

1605 in R. Pitcairn Criminal Trials Scotl. (1833) II. 454 [They] be thair depositiounes periureit and mensweir thame selffis.

c1650 J. Row & J. Row Hist. Kirk Scotl. (1842) 373 Who will not perjure themselves by apostatizing with perjured prelatts.

1710 M. Chudleigh Ess. Several Subj. 74 Such as..perjure themselves to serve a Cause..fancy they love themselves.

1797 Encycl. Brit. XIV. 151/1 No man will perjure himself (says Aristotle) who apprehends vengeance from Heaven and disgrace among men.

1834 A. Pike Prose Sketches & Poems 170 The Regidor, or Assistant Alcalde, Miguel Sena, has only perjured himself three times.

1865 A. Trollope Can you forgive Her? II. xvii. 132 Now he had asked her to perjure herself that he might have his own way.

1957 ‘R. West’ Fountain Overflows xii. 269 I have related how her servants perjured themselves in their evidence against her so that my young daughter here would have known they lied.

1995 High Country News 21 Aug. 7/3 Stooges within the federal government have all perjured themselves, winked at existing law, and prostituted themselves before the shrine of greed.

†4. transitive. With clause as object: to assert falsely; to say with perjury. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > false assertion > assert falsely [verb (transitive)]

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a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1590) iii. vi. sig. Mm1 Plentifully periuring, how extreamely her sonne loued her.

†5. transitive. To prove false to (a person) to whom one has sworn an oath. Obsolete. rare.

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society > morality > duty or obligation > recognition of duty > undutifulness > unfaithfulness > be unfaithful to [verb (transitive)]

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forsweara1586

perjure?1610

jilt1853

?1610 J. Fletcher Faithfull Shepheardesse iii. sig. E3^v She..did pray For me, that periurd her.

6. transitive. To cause to commit perjury; to make guilty of perjury.

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society > morality > moral evil > moral or spiritual degeneration > degrading or impairing morally > degrade or impair morally [verb (transitive)] > corrupt

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a1616 W. Shakespeare Antony & Cleopatra (1623) iii. xii. 30 Women are not In their best Fortunes strong; but want will periure The ne're touch'd Vestall.

1679 J. Leanerd Counterfeits i. i. 3 'Twas to perjure me thou mad'st me swear.

1706 D. Defoe Hymn to Peace 20 Hard mouth'd wretches..perjure all mankind, To carry on the mischief they design'd.

1788 H. Cowley Fate of Sparta ii. i. 18 For a voice to perjure them—'Twere a celestial crime.

a1820 J. Woodhouse Life Crispinus Scriblerus xiii, in Life & Poet. Wks. (1896) II. 1/2 Like a cormorant, should a Sovereign..smuggle gifts..To perjure Peers.

1867 A. Webster Woman Sold & Other Poems 206 Not a word Nor sign of suitorship had perjured him.

1922 Z. Grey To Last Man x. 233 She had mockingly perjured her soul with a vile lie.

1999 Hemingway Rev. 18 93 A certain testimony that, when given by the novelist, in effect perjured him.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

n.¹a1393

adj.n.²a1450

v.1453

单词	perjure
释义	† perjuren.¹ Forms: Middle English periure, Middle English perjure, Middle English pure (transmission error); Scottish pre-1700 periure, pre-1700 perjure. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin periūrium. Etymology: < classical Latin periūrium perjury n. Compare Anglo-Norman and Old French, Middle French, French parjure perjury (second half of the 12th cent. in Old French; also in Anglo-Norman as parjur ), Old Occitan, Occitan perjuri (c1100), Catalan perjuri (13th cent.; also as †perjur ), Spanish perjurio (1247 or earlier; also as †perjuro ), Portuguese perjúrio (1152 as periurio ). Compare perjury n. and perjure n.² Obsolete (Scottish in later use). = perjury n. ΘΚΠ society > law > rule of law > lawlessness > specific offences > [noun] > perjury forswornnessc1000 manathOE false swearingc1200 misswarec1225 forswearing1340 perjurea1393 perjurya1393 manswearingc1400 manswornc1400 perjurementc1450 misswearing1496 perjuration1570 pejeration1650 hard swearing1731 rapping1743 a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) v. 7617 (MED) Of Avarice..I have divided in parties The branches..Of Covoitise and of Perjure, Of fals brocage and of Usure. 1444 Rolls of Parl. V. 112/1 The seid Tenauntz or Defendauntz often tymes imaginen and pleden forein and fals Plees..whuch causeth grete perjure. 1491 in T. Thomson Acts Lords Auditors (1839) 166/2 Vnder the pannis of infame periure and inhabilite. a1500 (c1450) P. Idley Instr. to his Son (Arun.) (1935) ii. A. 2765 Periure [c1475 Cambr. Remembre how vengaunce was his meede, Soden dethe for pure and fals dissimulacion]. 1521 in C. Innes Liber Sancte Marie de Melros (1837) 632 And onder the payn of defamatioun periure and inhabilitye. 1593–4 in D. H. Fleming Reg. Christian Congregation St. Andrews (1890) II. 771 (margin) Convict of perjure [for breaking oaths of obedience to Provost, etc.]. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online December 2020). † perjureadj.n.² Forms: late Middle English periur, late Middle English–1600s (1800s archaic) perjure, 1500s perjur, 1500s–1600s periure; Scottish pre-1700 periure, pre-1700 perjure. Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French perjure; Latin periūrus. Etymology: < (i) Anglo-Norman perjur, perjure (noun) perjured person, oath-breaker (c1140 as perjure ; compare Anglo-Norman and Old French, Middle French, French parjure (c1155 in Old French) and Middle French, French †perjure (16th cent.)), (adjective) perjurious (second half of the 14th cent. or earlier in Anglo-Norman; earlier in Old French as parjure (c1165)), and its etymon (ii) classical Latin periūrus (noun) a person who swears falsely, an oath-breaker, a perjured person, (adjective) guilty of perjury < per per prep. + iūr- , iūs law (see jure n.). Compare Old Occitan, Occitan perjur (c1150 as adjective and noun), Catalan perjuri (1279 as noun in this sense), Spanish perjuro (1256 or earlier as adjective, late 13th cent. or earlier as noun in this sense), perjurio (1196 or earlier as noun in this sense), Portuguese perjuro (1297 as periuro in this sense); compare perjure n.¹ With use as adjective compare slightly later perjurious adj. and perjurous adj., and compare also slightly later perjure v. With use as noun compare earlier perjurer n., and slightly earlier perjured n.In use as noun, earlier currency is perhaps implied by the surname Robertus Perjure (1214), although it is unclear whether this is to be interpreted as reflecting the Middle English or the Anglo-Norman word. Obsolete. A. adj. Perjured, perjurious. ΘΚΠ society > law > rule of law > lawlessness > specific offences > [adjective] > perjury > that has sworn falsely forswornOE mansworna1400 perjurea1450 perjuriousa1460 perjurousa1460 perjured1495 a1450 (?c1421) J. Lydgate Siege Thebes (Arun.) (1911) 2049 (MED) Thow art not feithful of thy behest, Stable of thy word that thow hast seid to-forn, But deceyveable and falsly ek forsworn, And ek periur of thyn assured ooth. a1464 J. Capgrave Abbreuiacion of Cron. (Cambr. Gg.4.12) (1983) 233 A cardinal of Bordews eke cam into þis lond to excite þe kyng and the prelatis þat þei schuld withdrawe her obediens fro þe pope, whech was perjure. 1551 Acts Parl. Scotl. (1814) II. 486 [They] swa ar of the law periure and infame. a1598 A. Montgomerie Poems (1910) xviii. 70 To tell the halk in haist sho hyde, The kyt wes palȝard and perjure. 1609 J. Skene tr. Regiam Majestatem i Perjure and main-sworne persones sould be excluded furth of the societie of all men. B. n.² A person who commits perjury; a perjurer. rare (poetic) after early 17th cent.In quot. 1598 alluding to the former practice of attaching to a convicted perjurer a paper announcing his or her guilt; cf. paper n. 8. ΘΚΠ society > law > rule of law > lawlessness > specific offences > [noun] > perjury > perjurer manswareOE false swearerc1380 mansworna1400 forswearer1413 perjurera1500 perjured1526 perjurea1540 post-knight1576 knight of the post1580 perjurator1689 mounter1781 stag1823 straw-shoe1826 subornee1890 perjuress1898 a1540 J. Bale in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. (1846) 3rd Ser. III. 153 Sum of them ar knowne for common perjurs. 1546 J. Bale Actes Eng. Votaryes: 1st Pt. f. 75^v Callynge them all that nought was. As hypocrytes, dyssemblers, dodypolles,..periures. 1598 W. Shakespeare Love's Labour's Lost iv. iii. 45 He comes in like a periure, wearing papers. View more context for this quotation 1615 R. Brathwait Strappado 151 Vow-breaking periure, that her selfe adornes, With thousand fashions, and as many formes. 1872 A. Austen Interludes 74 Have faith that Time the Scourger will be even with the perjure. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online June 2021). perjurev. Brit. /ˈpəːdʒə/, U.S. /ˈpərdʒər/ Forms: late Middle English–1500s pariure, late Middle English–1600s periure, late Middle English– perjure, 1500s periewrd (past participle), 1700s–1800s parjure (regional and nonstandard), 1800s purjure (nonstandard). Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French parjurer; Latin periūrāre. Etymology: < (i) Anglo-Norman and Middle French parjurer, perjurer (c1100 in Anglo-Norman; French parjurer ) (transitive) to commit perjury (1176–81 in Old French; also reflexive (c1100 in Anglo-Norman)), to break (one's promise, vow, oath) (late 12th cent. in Old French), to make (a person) guilty of perjury (mid 13th cent. in Old French), to prove false to one to whom one has sworn an oath (mid 15th cent. or earlier), to swear falsely (c1535), (intransitive) to commit perjury (c1150 in Old French), and their etymon (ii) classical Latin periūrāre to swear falsely, to break one's oath, re-formation (after iūs law: see jure n.) of pēierāre < per- per- prefix + iūrāre to swear (see jurant adj. and n.). Compare Old Occitan, Occitan perjurar (c1150), Catalan perjurar (13th cent.), Spanish perjurar (1102 or earlier), Portuguese perjurar (13th cent. as past participle periurada).The verb first occurs (forming a passive construction with to be ) in the past participle perjured : this could be regarded as formed directly after the Anglo-Norman participle (see perjured adj.) and as giving rise subsequently to the finite parts of the verb. 1. transitive (in passive). To be guilty of perjury; (Criminal Law) to be guilty of lying during the course of judicial proceedings, esp. whilst on oath. Cf. perjured adj. 1. ΚΠ 1453 in J. P. Collier Trevelyan Papers (1857) 25 (MED) If he [sc. the chaplain] be lecherus or perjured, a theaff, or a murderar, with such other vices corrupt, the chaunterye is voyde. 1477 Earl Rivers tr. Dictes or Sayengis Philosophhres (Caxton) (1877) lf. 6 Kepe you that ye be not pariured and let trouth be alwey in your mouthe. c1515 Ld. Berners tr. Bk. Duke Huon of Burdeux (1882–7) cxxxi. 487 I had rather be pariuryd then to fordo that thynge that god wyll haue done to punysshe the. 1558 T. Phaer tr. Virgil Seuen First Bks. Eneidos ii. sig. D.ij By this deceit, and through the craft of Sinon false periewrd. 1620 tr. G. Boccaccio Decameron I. i. i. f. 9 Great trust and beleefe was giuen to an oath, he making no care or conscience to be periured. 1682 Bp. G. Burnet Hist. Rights Princes (new ed.) Pref. 37 In which Case he is in truth neither a Liar nor is he perjured. 1721 E. Young Revenge i. i. 12 And are you perjur'd then for virtue's sake? How often have you sworn? 1780 New Newgate Cal. V. 27 It is probable, that if Birch had been perjured, he would have been prosecuted. 1854 C. Norton Eng. Laws for Women in 19th Cent. 47 All the world..must acknowledge that the principal witnesses were perjured and suborned. 1874 A. Trollope Phineas Redux II. iv. 32 ‘The evidence was conclusive.’ ‘Then are the jury all perjured,’ said Phineas. 1902 Truth (Sydney) 12 Jan. 4/8 Any wowser who wears a black coat and a plug hat, and hooks himself on to the tail of a prominent politician, no matter how discredited and perjured. 1985 B. Unsworth Stone Virgin 3 She was not present on this occasion..so already she is perjured because she has said on oath that she witnessed this scene. 2. transitive. To break (an oath, vow, promise, etc.). ΚΠ 1484 W. Caxton tr. G. de la Tour-Landry Bk. Knight of Tower (1971) xxiv. 58 Than she lyeth and periured [read periureth] her feithe and trouthe. 1555 T. Cranmer Certain Lett. (1556) sig. Bvij Which othes be so contrary y^t the one must needs be periured. 1652 J. Gaule Πυς-μαντια 307 He could not foresee, how Laomedon would perjure his promise. 1705 D. Defoe Hymn to Pillory in Writings II. 112 Spare that Priest, whose tottering Conscience knew That if he took but one he'd perjure two. 1785 T. Dwight Conquest of Canäan x. 241 Burst every tie, and perjure every vow. 1809 Susan I. 195 Even before the solemn vow had passed their lips, determined to perjure it. 1867 Old Guard Mar. 216/1 He..grossly and impiously perjured his oath of office. 1961 French Hist. Stud. 2 74 Charles..would deliberately perjure his coronation oath of allegiance. 2000 Duke Law Jrnl. 49 1126 Refusing to make a promise by which we cannot abide is perfectly acceptable. In fact, it is far more honorable than swearing an oath, only later to perjure it. 3. To commit perjury; (Criminal Law) to lie during the course of a judicial proceeding, esp. whilst on oath. a. intransitive. ΘΚΠ society > law > rule of law > lawlessness > specific offences > [verb (intransitive)] > commit perjury forsweara1000 manswearOE perjure1537 perjurate1623 pejerate1656 perjure one's faith1697 1537 in R. Pitcairn Criminal Trials Scotl. (1833) I. i. 203 [They had] wilfullie..errit periurit and thame selff mansworne in [etc.]. 1593 R. Cosin Apol. for Sundrie Proc. (rev. ed.) 39 A Iudge, though he know it not, but only haue probable suspition, that the partie is like wilfully to periure; ought not to vrge an Oathe at his hands. 1647 N. Bacon Hist. Disc. Govt. 217 He procures a dispensation from Rome to perjure and oppresse without sinne. 1678 S. Butler Hudibras: Third Pt. iii. 304 The other, for base gain, and pay, Forswear, and perjure, by the day. 1735 J. Swift Judas in Wks. II. 355 Some who can perjure thro' a two-Inch Board; Yet keep their Bishopricks, and 'scape the Cord. a1794 E. Gibbon Autobiogr. (1896) 388 Resolved to abjure and perjure, as occasion might serve. 1828 R. Montgomery Puffiad 103 Some pander, perjure—cozen, quack, or rob. ?1904 H. V. Esmond Billy's Little Love Affair ii. 50 Don't lie or perjure. 1986 Memphis State Univ. Law Rev. 16 543 A ‘veteran’ of the court system will be able to postpone his own conviction indefinitely by admitting to his attorney his intention to perjure. b. transitive (reflexive). ΘΚΠ society > law > rule of law > lawlessness > specific offences > [verb (reflexive)] > commit perjury forsweara1000 manswearc1480 perjure1551 1551–2 in J. H. Burton Reg. Privy Council Scotl. (1877) 1st Ser. I. 123 Sa that he wilfullie perjuris and mansweris him selff. 1605 in R. Pitcairn Criminal Trials Scotl. (1833) II. 454 [They] be thair depositiounes periureit and mensweir thame selffis. c1650 J. Row & J. Row Hist. Kirk Scotl. (1842) 373 Who will not perjure themselves by apostatizing with perjured prelatts. 1710 M. Chudleigh Ess. Several Subj. 74 Such as..perjure themselves to serve a Cause..fancy they love themselves. 1797 Encycl. Brit. XIV. 151/1 No man will perjure himself (says Aristotle) who apprehends vengeance from Heaven and disgrace among men. 1834 A. Pike Prose Sketches & Poems 170 The Regidor, or Assistant Alcalde, Miguel Sena, has only perjured himself three times. 1865 A. Trollope Can you forgive Her? II. xvii. 132 Now he had asked her to perjure herself that he might have his own way. 1957 ‘R. West’ Fountain Overflows xii. 269 I have related how her servants perjured themselves in their evidence against her so that my young daughter here would have known they lied. 1995 High Country News 21 Aug. 7/3 Stooges within the federal government have all perjured themselves, winked at existing law, and prostituted themselves before the shrine of greed. †4. transitive. With clause as object: to assert falsely; to say with perjury. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > false assertion > assert falsely [verb (transitive)] feigna1300 liea1300 pretend1395 belie1561 misallege1566 pretence1567 perjurea1586 soothe1591 falsify1606 mislaya1626 misaffirma1631 a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1590) iii. vi. sig. Mm1 Plentifully periuring, how extreamely her sonne loued her. †5. transitive. To prove false to (a person) to whom one has sworn an oath. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ society > morality > duty or obligation > recognition of duty > undutifulness > unfaithfulness > be unfaithful to [verb (transitive)] falsec1374 deceivea1400 forsweara1586 perjure?1610 jilt1853 ?1610 J. Fletcher Faithfull Shepheardesse iii. sig. E3^v She..did pray For me, that periurd her. 6. transitive. To cause to commit perjury; to make guilty of perjury. ΘΚΠ society > morality > moral evil > moral or spiritual degeneration > degrading or impairing morally > degrade or impair morally [verb (transitive)] > corrupt corrumpa1340 corrupt1382 perisha1400 cankera1450 gangrenate1532 putrefy?1548 cankerfret1585 debauch1603 fly-blow1605 bebauch1607 perjurea1616 ulcer1642 dross1648 deboise1654 gangrene1658 a1616 W. Shakespeare Antony & Cleopatra (1623) iii. xii. 30 Women are not In their best Fortunes strong; but want will periure The ne're touch'd Vestall. View more context for this quotation 1679 J. Leanerd Counterfeits i. i. 3 'Twas to perjure me thou mad'st me swear. 1706 D. Defoe Hymn to Peace 20 Hard mouth'd wretches..perjure all mankind, To carry on the mischief they design'd. 1788 H. Cowley Fate of Sparta ii. i. 18 For a voice to perjure them—'Twere a celestial crime. a1820 J. Woodhouse Life Crispinus Scriblerus xiii, in Life & Poet. Wks. (1896) II. 1/2 Like a cormorant, should a Sovereign..smuggle gifts..To perjure Peers. 1867 A. Webster Woman Sold & Other Poems 206 Not a word Nor sign of suitorship had perjured him. 1922 Z. Grey To Last Man x. 233 She had mockingly perjured her soul with a vile lie. 1999 Hemingway Rev. 18 93 A certain testimony that, when given by the novelist, in effect perjured him. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.¹a1393adj.n.²a1450v.1453
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