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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Abjure \Ab*jure"\, v. i.
To renounce on oath. --Bp. Burnet.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Abjure \Ab*jure"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Abjured}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Abjuring}.] [L. abjurare to deny upon oath; ab + jurare
to swear, fr. jus, juris, right, law; cf. F. abjurer. See
{Jury}.]
1. To renounce upon oath; to forswear; to disavow; as, to
abjure allegiance to a prince. To abjure the realm, is to
swear to abandon it forever.
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2. To renounce or reject with solemnity; to recant; to
abandon forever; to reject; repudiate; as, to abjure
errors. "Magic I here abjure." --Shak.
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Syn: See {Renounce}.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
abjure
v 1: formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually
under pressure; "He retracted his earlier statements about
his religion"; "She abjured her beliefs" [syn: {abjure},
{recant}, {forswear}, {retract}, {resile}]
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