perjure

verb

/ˈpɜːdʒə(r)/

/ˈpɜːrdʒər/

(law法律)

Verb Forms

present simple I / you / we / they perjure	/ˈpɜːdʒə(r)/ /ˈpɜːrdʒər/
he / she / it perjures	/ˈpɜːdʒəz/ /ˈpɜːrdʒərz/
past simple perjured	/ˈpɜːdʒəd/ /ˈpɜːrdʒərd/
past participle perjured	/ˈpɜːdʒəd/ /ˈpɜːrdʒərd/
-ing form perjuring	/ˈpɜːdʒərɪŋ/ /ˈpɜːrdʒərɪŋ/

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perjure yourself to tell a lie in court after you have sworn to tell the truth作伪证；发假誓Topics Crime and punishmentc2
Word Originlate Middle English (as perjured in the sense ‘guilty of perjury’): from Old French parjurer, from Latin perjurare ‘swear falsely’, from per- ‘to ill effect’ + jurare ‘swear’.

BNC: 44857 COCA: 28639

perjure

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