Synonyms for perjure

Grammar : Verb

Spell : pur-jer

Phonetic Transcription : ˈpɜr dʒər

Top 10 synonyms for perjure

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Définition of perjure

Origin : mid-15c. "swear falsely" (implied in perjured; late 13c. in Anglo-French), from Old French parjurer "to break one's word, renege on a promise" (11c.), from Latin periurare "to swear falsely, break one's oath" (see perjury). Reflexive sense is from 18c.

verb give false testimony

Example sentences :

He remembered the young clerk who had wanted to perjure himself for his sake.
Extract from : « The Prisoner » by Alice Brown

I thought he was willing to perjure himself because he had an affection for me.
Extract from : « The Prisoner » by Alice Brown

Would you ask me to perjure my immortal soul to the world and to my God?
Extract from : « The Martyr of the Catacombs » by Anonymous

In Cork you shall be, if I have to perjure my soul to prove it!
Extract from : « Grey Town » by Gerald Baldwin

I will not perjure myself at his bidding; but being with him, I will kneel to him unbidden.
Extract from : « Privy Seal » by Ford Madox Ford

If you question her you'll simply drive her to perjure herself.
Extract from : « Embarrassments » by Henry James

"You want me to perjure myself and you 'want me to do it quick,'" she mimicked.
Extract from : « The Lady Doc » by Caroline Lockhart

No, it was not that which caused you to perjure your plighted vows.
Extract from : « Alonzo and Melissa » by Daniel Jackson, Jr.

Not to swear, lest he perjure himself; to speak the truth from the heart.
Extract from : « A Source Book for Mediaeval History » by Oliver J. Thatcher

If I perjure myself to save them from shame and ruin, will not God pardon me?
Extract from : « Mirk Abbey, Volume 3(of 3) » by James Payn

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