Definition of forswear in English:

forswear

verbforsworn, forswore fɔːˈswɛːfəˈswɛːfɔrˈswɛr

[with object]

1formal Agree to give up or do without.
〈正式〉发誓放弃；坚决抛弃
the country has not forsworn nuclear weapons
Example sentencesExamples
- Though we had visited most of these harbors on previous cruises, the amount of port time encouraged us to forswear organized tours and strike out on our own.
- Firstly, he has forsworn the easy Saturday Night Fever route of replicating the original's songs in the stage version.
- They must forswear the use of race as a political weapon.
- By Article Nine of its constitution, Japan is forbidden to posses military forces, and forever forswore war as a means to achieve anything.
- They had to forswear violence, to wind up their paramilitary wing and to proceed to completion with the process of disarmament.
- Anyone who forswears advertising also forswears any claim to a share of the market.
- It forswears the use of commercial plutonium as a fuel, because of proliferation risks.
- Over the past 20 years, incentives have been used to successfully encourage other emergent and existing nuclear weapons powers to forswear the bomb, making the world a much safer place.
- They were the toilers and savers of the economic miracle generation who forswore luxuries in the austere postwar decades to reserve their place in the sun towards the end of their lives.
- The colonial state consciously forswore any attempt at intervening and averting these catastrophes.
- Brown has promised not to borrow and has now forsworn increases in income tax.
- No appreciable number of people is really leaving, but if they are made to forswear any attention to or involvement in the whole sordid mess going forward, something similar is accomplished.
- Ben's mother Helen is a talented classical pianist and she has forsworn a musical career for her marriage to Edward.
- But there's no requirement that people cease or forswear political opposition.
- Now, all of these goodies probably don't mean much to a man with a net worth of $50 million, but as far as we know, he hasn't forsworn any of these perks, nor has he offered to pay for them himself.
- Recalling H.R. Haldeman's formative years as an advertising executive for bug spray, I forswore bug spray.
- So acting on the above premise I forswore the two staples from my diet - and bread potatoes.
- Around 1800 male dress changed: men forswore exhibitionism and renounced brightly coloured, erotic attire.
- In the late '70s, Fischer gave up on revolutionary socialism and forswore violence as a political tool.
- Once again, I am faced with the choice of vices to forswear, in the spirit of turning over a new leaf.
Synonyms
renounce, swear off, forgo, abjure, reject, relinquish, abstain from, refrain from, shun, avoid, eschew, do without, go without, steer clear of, give a wide berth to, have nothing to do with, decline, refuse, repudiate, spurn
give up, dispense with, stop, cease, finish, discontinue, break off, drop, cut out
informal kick, quit, jack in
2forswear oneself/be forswornarchaic Commit perjury; swear falsely.
I swore that I would lead us safely home and I do not mean to be forsworn
我发誓会把大家安全带回家，我也无意背弃誓言。
Example sentencesExamples
- His lips thinned into a grimace, but she knew he would not be forsworn to his word.
- If I transgress this oath and forswear myself, may I be forced to live with arts graduates and become an expert on the theoretical control of space and time.
- I have no desire to be forsworn, not on that oath.
- He is not only subverting the judicial branch's integrity when he forswears himself under oath.
- Berowne says that he has no problem subscribing to a decree that can be forsworn on mere necessity, and he signs the document.
- It really means something terrible, painful for them to be perjured, to be forsworn, or to see someone they admire fail to honor an oath.
- Almost everyone is forsworn at some point, and high-handed rhetoric is continually enlisted to justify it.
- As king, Idomeneus is forsworn and must lose his royalty.
- ‘It is the Lord's will that I forswear myself,’ he said.
- But he also desires for us to have joy and happiness in our lives and he knows that being forsworn is one of the worst destroyers of joy.
- By forswearing himself and violating his oath, he has undermined respect for the integrity of oaths.
- Now if I keep this oath and break it not, may I enjoy honor, in my life and art, among all men for all time; but if I transgress and forswear myself, may the opposite befall me.
- However, his captors were forsworn when he was taken by the Earl of Warwick a month later, while housed at the village of Deddington on his way south.
Synonyms
say something untrue, tell an untruth, tell a lie, tell a falsehood, fib, fabricate, invent a story, make up a story, falsify, dissemble, dissimulate, bear false witness

Origin

Old English forswerian (see for-, swear).

Rhymes

affair, affaire, air, Altair, Althusser, Anvers, Apollinaire, Astaire, aware, Ayer, Ayr, bare, bear, bêche-de-mer, beware, billionaire, Blair, blare, Bonaire, cafetière, care, chair, chargé d'affaires, chemin de fer, Cher, Clair, Claire, Clare, commissionaire, compare, concessionaire, cordon sanitaire, couvert, Daguerre, dare, debonair, declare, derrière, despair, doctrinaire, éclair, e'er, elsewhere, ensnare, ere, extraordinaire, Eyre, fair, fare, fayre, Finisterre, flair, flare, Folies-Bergère, forbear, foursquare, glair, glare, hair, hare, heir, Herr, impair, jardinière, Khmer, Kildare, La Bruyère, lair, laissez-faire, legionnaire, luminaire, mal de mer, mare, mayor, meunière, mid-air, millionaire, misère, Mon-Khmer, multimillionaire, ne'er, Niger, nom de guerre, outstare, outwear, pair, pare, parterre, pear, père, pied-à-terre, Pierre, plein-air, prayer, questionnaire, rare, ready-to-wear, rivière, Rosslare, Santander, savoir faire, scare, secretaire, share, snare, solitaire, Soufrière, spare, square, stair, stare, surface-to-air, swear, Tailleferre, tare, tear, their, there, they're, vin ordinaire, Voltaire, ware, wear, Weston-super-Mare, where, yeah

Definition of forswear in US English:

forswear

verbfɔrˈswɛrfôrˈswer

[with object]formal

1Agree to give up or do without (something)
〈正式〉发誓放弃；坚决抛弃
he would never forswear the religion of his people
Example sentencesExamples
- Ben's mother Helen is a talented classical pianist and she has forsworn a musical career for her marriage to Edward.
- Around 1800 male dress changed: men forswore exhibitionism and renounced brightly coloured, erotic attire.
- By Article Nine of its constitution, Japan is forbidden to posses military forces, and forever forswore war as a means to achieve anything.
- So acting on the above premise I forswore the two staples from my diet - and bread potatoes.
- They were the toilers and savers of the economic miracle generation who forswore luxuries in the austere postwar decades to reserve their place in the sun towards the end of their lives.
- No appreciable number of people is really leaving, but if they are made to forswear any attention to or involvement in the whole sordid mess going forward, something similar is accomplished.
- Once again, I am faced with the choice of vices to forswear, in the spirit of turning over a new leaf.
- It forswears the use of commercial plutonium as a fuel, because of proliferation risks.
- Firstly, he has forsworn the easy Saturday Night Fever route of replicating the original's songs in the stage version.
- Brown has promised not to borrow and has now forsworn increases in income tax.
- They had to forswear violence, to wind up their paramilitary wing and to proceed to completion with the process of disarmament.
- Over the past 20 years, incentives have been used to successfully encourage other emergent and existing nuclear weapons powers to forswear the bomb, making the world a much safer place.
- They must forswear the use of race as a political weapon.
- The colonial state consciously forswore any attempt at intervening and averting these catastrophes.
- Though we had visited most of these harbors on previous cruises, the amount of port time encouraged us to forswear organized tours and strike out on our own.
- Anyone who forswears advertising also forswears any claim to a share of the market.
- But there's no requirement that people cease or forswear political opposition.
- In the late '70s, Fischer gave up on revolutionary socialism and forswore violence as a political tool.
- Recalling H.R. Haldeman's formative years as an advertising executive for bug spray, I forswore bug spray.
- Now, all of these goodies probably don't mean much to a man with a net worth of $50 million, but as far as we know, he hasn't forsworn any of these perks, nor has he offered to pay for them himself.
Synonyms
renounce, swear off, forgo, abjure, reject, relinquish, abstain from, refrain from, shun, avoid, eschew, do without, go without, steer clear of, give a wide berth to, have nothing to do with, decline, refuse, repudiate, spurn
1. 1.1forswear oneself/be forsworn Swear falsely; commit perjury.
  发伪誓；作伪证
  I swore that I would lead us safely home and I do not mean to be forsworn
  我发誓会把大家安全带回家，我也无意背弃誓言。
  Example sentencesExamples
  But he also desires for us to have joy and happiness in our lives and he knows that being forsworn is one of the worst destroyers of joy.
  Now if I keep this oath and break it not, may I enjoy honor, in my life and art, among all men for all time; but if I transgress and forswear myself, may the opposite befall me.
  His lips thinned into a grimace, but she knew he would not be forsworn to his word.
  By forswearing himself and violating his oath, he has undermined respect for the integrity of oaths.
  As king, Idomeneus is forsworn and must lose his royalty.
  It really means something terrible, painful for them to be perjured, to be forsworn, or to see someone they admire fail to honor an oath.
  However, his captors were forsworn when he was taken by the Earl of Warwick a month later, while housed at the village of Deddington on his way south.
  I have no desire to be forsworn, not on that oath.
  If I transgress this oath and forswear myself, may I be forced to live with arts graduates and become an expert on the theoretical control of space and time.
  Berowne says that he has no problem subscribing to a decree that can be forsworn on mere necessity, and he signs the document.
  He is not only subverting the judicial branch's integrity when he forswears himself under oath.
  Almost everyone is forsworn at some point, and high-handed rhetoric is continually enlisted to justify it.
  ‘It is the Lord's will that I forswear myself,’ he said.
  Synonyms
  say something untrue, tell an untruth, tell a lie, tell a falsehood, fib, fabricate, invent a story, make up a story, falsify, dissemble, dissimulate, bear false witness

Origin

Old English forswerian (see for-, swear).

单词	forswear
释义	Definition of forswear in English: forswear verbforsworn, forswore fɔːˈswɛːfəˈswɛːfɔrˈswɛr [with object] 1formal Agree to give up or do without. 〈正式〉发誓放弃；坚决抛弃 the country has not forsworn nuclear weapons Example sentencesExamples Though we had visited most of these harbors on previous cruises, the amount of port time encouraged us to forswear organized tours and strike out on our own. Firstly, he has forsworn the easy Saturday Night Fever route of replicating the original's songs in the stage version. They must forswear the use of race as a political weapon. By Article Nine of its constitution, Japan is forbidden to posses military forces, and forever forswore war as a means to achieve anything. They had to forswear violence, to wind up their paramilitary wing and to proceed to completion with the process of disarmament. Anyone who forswears advertising also forswears any claim to a share of the market. It forswears the use of commercial plutonium as a fuel, because of proliferation risks. Over the past 20 years, incentives have been used to successfully encourage other emergent and existing nuclear weapons powers to forswear the bomb, making the world a much safer place. They were the toilers and savers of the economic miracle generation who forswore luxuries in the austere postwar decades to reserve their place in the sun towards the end of their lives. The colonial state consciously forswore any attempt at intervening and averting these catastrophes. Brown has promised not to borrow and has now forsworn increases in income tax. No appreciable number of people is really leaving, but if they are made to forswear any attention to or involvement in the whole sordid mess going forward, something similar is accomplished. Ben's mother Helen is a talented classical pianist and she has forsworn a musical career for her marriage to Edward. But there's no requirement that people cease or forswear political opposition. Now, all of these goodies probably don't mean much to a man with a net worth of $50 million, but as far as we know, he hasn't forsworn any of these perks, nor has he offered to pay for them himself. Recalling H.R. Haldeman's formative years as an advertising executive for bug spray, I forswore bug spray. So acting on the above premise I forswore the two staples from my diet - and bread potatoes. Around 1800 male dress changed: men forswore exhibitionism and renounced brightly coloured, erotic attire. In the late '70s, Fischer gave up on revolutionary socialism and forswore violence as a political tool. Once again, I am faced with the choice of vices to forswear, in the spirit of turning over a new leaf. Synonyms renounce, swear off, forgo, abjure, reject, relinquish, abstain from, refrain from, shun, avoid, eschew, do without, go without, steer clear of, give a wide berth to, have nothing to do with, decline, refuse, repudiate, spurn give up, dispense with, stop, cease, finish, discontinue, break off, drop, cut out informal kick, quit, jack in 2forswear oneself/be forswornarchaic Commit perjury; swear falsely. I swore that I would lead us safely home and I do not mean to be forsworn 我发誓会把大家安全带回家，我也无意背弃誓言。 Example sentencesExamples His lips thinned into a grimace, but she knew he would not be forsworn to his word. If I transgress this oath and forswear myself, may I be forced to live with arts graduates and become an expert on the theoretical control of space and time. I have no desire to be forsworn, not on that oath. He is not only subverting the judicial branch's integrity when he forswears himself under oath. Berowne says that he has no problem subscribing to a decree that can be forsworn on mere necessity, and he signs the document. It really means something terrible, painful for them to be perjured, to be forsworn, or to see someone they admire fail to honor an oath. Almost everyone is forsworn at some point, and high-handed rhetoric is continually enlisted to justify it. As king, Idomeneus is forsworn and must lose his royalty. ‘It is the Lord's will that I forswear myself,’ he said. But he also desires for us to have joy and happiness in our lives and he knows that being forsworn is one of the worst destroyers of joy. By forswearing himself and violating his oath, he has undermined respect for the integrity of oaths. Now if I keep this oath and break it not, may I enjoy honor, in my life and art, among all men for all time; but if I transgress and forswear myself, may the opposite befall me. However, his captors were forsworn when he was taken by the Earl of Warwick a month later, while housed at the village of Deddington on his way south. Synonyms say something untrue, tell an untruth, tell a lie, tell a falsehood, fib, fabricate, invent a story, make up a story, falsify, dissemble, dissimulate, bear false witness Origin Old English forswerian (see for-, swear). Rhymes affair, affaire, air, Altair, Althusser, Anvers, Apollinaire, Astaire, aware, Ayer, Ayr, bare, bear, bêche-de-mer, beware, billionaire, Blair, blare, Bonaire, cafetière, care, chair, chargé d'affaires, chemin de fer, Cher, Clair, Claire, Clare, commissionaire, compare, concessionaire, cordon sanitaire, couvert, Daguerre, dare, debonair, declare, derrière, despair, doctrinaire, éclair, e'er, elsewhere, ensnare, ere, extraordinaire, Eyre, fair, fare, fayre, Finisterre, flair, flare, Folies-Bergère, forbear, foursquare, glair, glare, hair, hare, heir, Herr, impair, jardinière, Khmer, Kildare, La Bruyère, lair, laissez-faire, legionnaire, luminaire, mal de mer, mare, mayor, meunière, mid-air, millionaire, misère, Mon-Khmer, multimillionaire, ne'er, Niger, nom de guerre, outstare, outwear, pair, pare, parterre, pear, père, pied-à-terre, Pierre, plein-air, prayer, questionnaire, rare, ready-to-wear, rivière, Rosslare, Santander, savoir faire, scare, secretaire, share, snare, solitaire, Soufrière, spare, square, stair, stare, surface-to-air, swear, Tailleferre, tare, tear, their, there, they're, vin ordinaire, Voltaire, ware, wear, Weston-super-Mare, where, yeah Definition of forswear in US English: forswear verbfɔrˈswɛrfôrˈswer [with object]formal 1Agree to give up or do without (something) 〈正式〉发誓放弃；坚决抛弃 he would never forswear the religion of his people Example sentencesExamples Ben's mother Helen is a talented classical pianist and she has forsworn a musical career for her marriage to Edward. Around 1800 male dress changed: men forswore exhibitionism and renounced brightly coloured, erotic attire. By Article Nine of its constitution, Japan is forbidden to posses military forces, and forever forswore war as a means to achieve anything. So acting on the above premise I forswore the two staples from my diet - and bread potatoes. They were the toilers and savers of the economic miracle generation who forswore luxuries in the austere postwar decades to reserve their place in the sun towards the end of their lives. No appreciable number of people is really leaving, but if they are made to forswear any attention to or involvement in the whole sordid mess going forward, something similar is accomplished. Once again, I am faced with the choice of vices to forswear, in the spirit of turning over a new leaf. It forswears the use of commercial plutonium as a fuel, because of proliferation risks. Firstly, he has forsworn the easy Saturday Night Fever route of replicating the original's songs in the stage version. Brown has promised not to borrow and has now forsworn increases in income tax. They had to forswear violence, to wind up their paramilitary wing and to proceed to completion with the process of disarmament. Over the past 20 years, incentives have been used to successfully encourage other emergent and existing nuclear weapons powers to forswear the bomb, making the world a much safer place. They must forswear the use of race as a political weapon. The colonial state consciously forswore any attempt at intervening and averting these catastrophes. Though we had visited most of these harbors on previous cruises, the amount of port time encouraged us to forswear organized tours and strike out on our own. Anyone who forswears advertising also forswears any claim to a share of the market. But there's no requirement that people cease or forswear political opposition. In the late '70s, Fischer gave up on revolutionary socialism and forswore violence as a political tool. Recalling H.R. Haldeman's formative years as an advertising executive for bug spray, I forswore bug spray. Now, all of these goodies probably don't mean much to a man with a net worth of $50 million, but as far as we know, he hasn't forsworn any of these perks, nor has he offered to pay for them himself. Synonyms renounce, swear off, forgo, abjure, reject, relinquish, abstain from, refrain from, shun, avoid, eschew, do without, go without, steer clear of, give a wide berth to, have nothing to do with, decline, refuse, repudiate, spurn 1.1forswear oneself/be forsworn Swear falsely; commit perjury. 发伪誓；作伪证 I swore that I would lead us safely home and I do not mean to be forsworn 我发誓会把大家安全带回家，我也无意背弃誓言。 Example sentencesExamples But he also desires for us to have joy and happiness in our lives and he knows that being forsworn is one of the worst destroyers of joy. Now if I keep this oath and break it not, may I enjoy honor, in my life and art, among all men for all time; but if I transgress and forswear myself, may the opposite befall me. His lips thinned into a grimace, but she knew he would not be forsworn to his word. By forswearing himself and violating his oath, he has undermined respect for the integrity of oaths. As king, Idomeneus is forsworn and must lose his royalty. It really means something terrible, painful for them to be perjured, to be forsworn, or to see someone they admire fail to honor an oath. However, his captors were forsworn when he was taken by the Earl of Warwick a month later, while housed at the village of Deddington on his way south. I have no desire to be forsworn, not on that oath. If I transgress this oath and forswear myself, may I be forced to live with arts graduates and become an expert on the theoretical control of space and time. Berowne says that he has no problem subscribing to a decree that can be forsworn on mere necessity, and he signs the document. He is not only subverting the judicial branch's integrity when he forswears himself under oath. Almost everyone is forsworn at some point, and high-handed rhetoric is continually enlisted to justify it. ‘It is the Lord's will that I forswear myself,’ he said. Synonyms say something untrue, tell an untruth, tell a lie, tell a falsehood, fib, fabricate, invent a story, make up a story, falsify, dissemble, dissimulate, bear false witness Origin Old English forswerian (see for-, swear).
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