forswear

for·swear

also fore·swear F0258300 (fôr-swâr′)v. for·swore (-swôr′), for·sworn (-swôrn′), for·swear·ing, for·swears v.tr.1. a. To decide or declare that one will not or will no longer engage in (an activity or habit, for example): a political group that has forsworn violence.b. To decide or declare that one will not or will no longer use or be associated with (something): "He had cast in his lot with the lions and forsworn the lambs" (Robert Louis Stevenson).c. To disavow under oath: "He was forced to take an oath forswearing heretical views" (Garry Wills).2. To make (oneself) guilty of perjury.v.intr. To swear falsely; commit perjuryIdiom: be forsworn To commit perjury.

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[Middle English forsweren, from Old English forswerian : for-, wrongly; see for- + swerian, to swear; see swear.]

forswear

(fɔːˈswɛə) vb, -swears, -swearing, -swore or -sworn1. (tr) to reject or renounce with determination or as upon oath2. (tr) to deny or disavow absolutely or upon oath: he forswore any knowledge of the crime. 3. (Law) to perjure (oneself)[Old English forswearian] forˈswearer n

for•swear

(fɔrˈswɛər)

v. -swore, -sworn, -swearing. v.t. 1. to renounce under oath; abjure: to forswear one's sinful ways. 2. to deny vehemently or under oath. 3. to perjure (oneself). v.i. 4. to swear falsely; commit perjury. [before 900] for•swear′er, n.

forswear

Past participle: forsworn
Gerund: forswearing

Imperative
forswear
forswear

Present
I forswear
you forswear
he/she/it forswears
we forswear
you forswear
they forswear

Preterite
I forswore
you forswore
he/she/it forswore
we forswore
you forswore
they forswore

Present Continuous
I am forswearing
you are forswearing
he/she/it is forswearing
we are forswearing
you are forswearing
they are forswearing

Present Perfect
I have forsworn
you have forsworn
he/she/it has forsworn
we have forsworn
you have forsworn
they have forsworn

Past Continuous
I was forswearing
you were forswearing
he/she/it was forswearing
we were forswearing
you were forswearing
they were forswearing

Past Perfect
I had forsworn
you had forsworn
he/she/it had forsworn
we had forsworn
you had forsworn
they had forsworn

Future
I will forswear
you will forswear
he/she/it will forswear
we will forswear
you will forswear
they will forswear

Future Perfect
I will have forsworn
you will have forsworn
he/she/it will have forsworn
we will have forsworn
you will have forsworn
they will have forsworn

Future Continuous
I will be forswearing
you will be forswearing
he/she/it will be forswearing
we will be forswearing
you will be forswearing
they will be forswearing

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been forswearing
you have been forswearing
he/she/it has been forswearing
we have been forswearing
you have been forswearing
they have been forswearing

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been forswearing
you will have been forswearing
he/she/it will have been forswearing
we will have been forswearing
you will have been forswearing
they will have been forswearing

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been forswearing
you had been forswearing
he/she/it had been forswearing
we had been forswearing
you had been forswearing
they had been forswearing

Conditional
I would forswear
you would forswear
he/she/it would forswear
we would forswear
you would forswear
they would forswear

Past Conditional
I would have forsworn
you would have forsworn
he/she/it would have forsworn
we would have forsworn
you would have forsworn
they would have forsworn

Thesaurus

Verb

1.

forswear - formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually under pressure; "He retracted his earlier statements about his religion"; "She abjured her beliefs"abjure, recant, retract, resilerepudiate, disown, renounce - cast off; "She renounced her husband"; "The parents repudiated their son"

forswear

verb1. renounce, drop (informal), give up, abandon, forsake, forgo, abjure, swear off giving up drink or forswearing sex2. reject, deny, retract, repudiate, disown, disavow, recant, disclaim He forswore the use of trade sanctions.

forswear

also foreswear
verb1. To give up a possession, claim, or right:abandon, abdicate, cede, demit, hand over, quitclaim, relinquish, render, renounce, resign, surrender, waive, yield.2. To make untrue declarations:falsify, fib, lie, prevaricate.Law: perjure.

Translations

摒绝断然放弃

forswear

(foːˈsweə) – past tense forswore (foːˈswoː) : past participle forsworn (foːˈswoːn) – verb to give up; to stop. He has forsworn all his bad habits. 摒絕，斷然放棄 摒绝，断然放弃