perjure

== English == === Etymology === From Old French parjurer, from Latin periūrō. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation, Australian) IPA(key): /ˈpɜːd͡ʒə(ɹ)/ (General American, Canada) IPA(key): /ˈpɝd͡ʒɚ/ Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)dʒə(ɹ) Homophone: purger === Verb === perjure (third-person singular simple present perjures, present participle perjuring, simple past and past participle perjured) (reflexive) To knowingly and willfully make a false statement of witness while in court. (transitive) 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. (transitive) To make a false oath to; to deceive by oaths and protestations. ==== Synonyms ==== forswear, manswear, misswear ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== perjury ==== Translations ==== === Noun === perjure (plural perjures) (obsolete) A perjured person. === References === == Latin == === Adjective === perjūre vocative masculine singular of perjūrus == Spanish == === Verb === perjure inflection of perjurar: first/third-person singular present subjunctive third-person singular imperative