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Webster 1913 Edition

Perjure

Per′jure

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Perjured
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Perjuring
.]
[F.
parjurer
, L.
perjurare
,
perjerare
;
per
through, over +
jurare
to swear. See
Jury
.]
1.
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; – often used reflexively;
as, he
perjured
himself
.
Want will
perjure

The ne’er-touched vestal.
Shakespeare
2.
To make a false oath to; to deceive by oaths and protestations.
[Obs.]
And with a virgin innocence did pray
For me, that
perjured
her.
J. Fletcher.
Syn. – To
Perjure
,
Forswear
.
These words have been used interchangeably; but there is a tendency to restrict perjure to that species of forswearing which constitutes the crime of perjury at law, namely, the willful violation of an oath administered by a magistrate or according to law.

Per′jure

,
Noun.
[L.
perjurus
: cf. OF.
parjur
, F.
parjure
.]
A perjured person.
[Obs.]
Shak.

Webster 1828 Edition

Perjure

PERJURE

,
Verb.
T.
per'jur. [L. perjuro; per and juro, to swear; that is, to swear aside or beyond.] Willfully to make a false oath when administered by lawful authority or in a court of justice; to forswear; as, the witness perjured himself.

Definition 2024

perjuré

perjuré

See also: perjure

Spanish

Verb

perjuré

  1. First-person singular (yo) preterite indicative form of perjurar.

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