perjure
Meaning of perjure
verb
- wilfully tell an untruth or make a misrepresentation under oath; commit perjury.
she admitted that she had perjured herself
late 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’.
Information about perjure
- It is a verb.
- The plural form of perjure is: perjures.
- Languages in which perjure is used:
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CatalanHyphenation of perjure
per-jure
- It consists of 2 syllables and 7 chars.
- perjure is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
perjure synonyms
Meaning (of a person or animal) be in or assume a horizontal or resting position on a supporting surface:
Words that rhyme with perjure
jure, abjure, objure, adjure, conjure, disconjure, injure, preinjure, reinjure, upconjure, Yurujure
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