perjure

Etymology

From Old French parjurer

Verb

perjure (third-person singular simple present perjures, present participle perjuring, simple past and past participle perjured)

1. (reflexive) To knowingly and willfully make a false statement of witness while in court.

   He perjured himself.

2. (transitive) 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.
   • Shakespeare

     Want will perjure the ne'er-touched vestal.

3. (transitive) To make a false oath to; to deceive by oaths and protestations.
   • J. Fletcher

     And with a virgin innocence did pray / For me, that perjured her.

Noun

perjure (plural perjures)

1. (obsolete) A perjured person.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Shakespeare to this entry?)

Adjective

perjūre

1. vocative masculine singular of perjūrus

Verb

perjure

1. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of perjurar.
2. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of perjurar.
3. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of perjurar.
4. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of perjurar.