perjure
verb
- to deliberately give false testimony under oath or otherwise falsify an affirmation to tell the truth
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ˈpɜːd͡ʒə(ɹ)/ / /ˈpɝd͡ʒɚ/
noun
Etymology: From Old French parjurer, from Latin periūrō.
- A perjured person.
“He comes in like a perjure, wearing papers”
verb
Etymology: From Old French parjurer, from Latin periūrō.
- To knowingly and willfully make a false statement of witness while in court.
“He perjured himself.”
- 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.
“Want will perjure the ne'er-touched vestal.”
- To make a false oath to; to deceive by oaths and protestations.
“And with a virgin innocence did pray / For me, that perjured her.”