Category:Perjure

Per"jure, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Perjured; p. pr. & vb. n. Perjuring.] Etym: [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. Shak.

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.

Perjure Per"jure, n. Etym: [l. perjurus: cf. Of. parjur, f. parjure.]

Defn: a perjured person. [obs.] Shak.