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fornicate (2)
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forswear
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forswear

for·swear [ fawr swér ] (past for·swore [ fawr swáwr ], past participle for·sworn [ fawr swáwrn ], present participle for·swear·ing, 3rd person present singular for·swears)


verb 
Definition:
 
1. transitive verb reject strongly: to vow to stop doing, having, or using something
forswear political violence

2. intransitive verb perjure yourself: to be guilty of giving false evidence under oath

[ Old English forswerian "renounce by swearing"]
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