From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Forsworn \For*sworn"\, p. p. of {Forswear}.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Forswear \For*swear"\, verb (used with an object) [imp. {Forswore}; p. p. {Forsworn}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Forswearing}.] [OE. forsweren, forswerien, AS. forswerian; pref. for- + swerian to swear. See {For-}, and {Swear}, verb (used without an object)]
1. To reject or renounce upon oath; hence, to renounce earnestly, determinedly, or with protestations.
I . . . do forswear her. --Shak.
Like innocence, and as serenely bold As truth, how loudly he forswears thy gold! --Dryden.
{To forswear one's self}, to swear falsely; to perjure one's self. ''Thou shalt not forswear thyself.'' --Matt. v. 33.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
verb
1: formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually under pressure; "He retracted his earlier statements about his religion"; "She abjured her beliefs" [syn: {abjure}, {recant}, {retract}, {resile}] [also: {forsworn}, {forswore}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
57 Moby Thesaurus words for "forsworn": abandoned, abjured, artful, calculating, ceded, contemned, crafty, deceitful, declined, declined with thanks, denied, despised, disapproved, discarded, discounted, disdained, dishonest, disingenuous, dismissed, disowned, dispensed with, disposed of, equivocal, excepted, excluded, falsehearted, forgone, ignored, insincere, lying, mendacious, not considered, perjured, prevaricating, rebuffed, recanted, refused, rejected, released, relinquished, renounced, repudiated, repulsed, retracted, sacrificed, scheming, scouted, spurned, surrendered, truthless, uncandid, unfrank, unsincere, untruthful, unveracious, waived, yielded
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