1 definition found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]: Abjure \Ab*jure"\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Abjured}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Abjuring}.] [L. abjurare to deny upon oath; ab + jurare to swear, fr. jus, juris, right, law; cf. F. abjurer. See {Jury}.] 1. To renounce upon oath; to forswear; to disavow; as, to abjure allegiance to a prince. To abjure the realm, is to swear to abandon it forever. 2. To renounce or reject with solemnity; to recant; to abandon forever; to reject; repudiate; as, to abjure errors. ''Magic I here abjure.'' --Shak. Syn: See {Renounce}.

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