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abjure

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++ab·jure /əbˈdʒʊə, æb- $ -ˈdʒʊr/ verb [transitive]  STOP DOING something formal to state publicly that you will give up a particular belief or way of behaving 公开宣布放弃〔某种信念或做法〕 SYN renounce→ See Verb table
Examples from the Corpus
abjureShe can not abjure, give up, control the force by which she is possessed.Myln was a former priest, who had abjured in the early 1540s.I would abjure my art then and there, leave off cursing, leave off binding fast and loose with spells.The top echelons of the civil service have generally abjured responsibility for policy decisions.But he had a mild, good-humoured, articulate side, verging on the academic, abjuring the sensational.
Origin abjure (1400-1500) Latin abjurare, from ab- away + jurare to swear
ab·jure verbChineseSyllable
you give that publicly Corpus will to state


abjure
abjure /əbˈdʒʊə, æb- $ -ˈdʒʊr/ verb [transitive]
 Date: 1400-1500
 Language: Latin
 Origin: abjurare, from ab- 'away' + jurare 'to swear'
formal to state publicly that you will give up a particular belief or way of behaving
   SYN  renounce


ab·jureBrE /əbˈdʒʊə(r)/ 🔊NAmE /əbˈdʒʊr/ 🔊 verbpresent simple - I / you / we / they abjure BrE /əbˈdʒʊə(r)/ 🔊 NAmE /əbˈdʒʊr/ 🔊present simple - he / she / it abjures BrE /əbˈdʒʊəz/ 🔊 NAmE /əbˈdʒʊrz/ 🔊past simple abjured BrE /əbˈdʒʊəd/ 🔊 NAmE /əbˈdʒʊrd/ 🔊past participle abjured BrE /əbˈdʒʊəd/ 🔊 NAmE /əbˈdʒʊrd/ 🔊 -ing form abjuring BrE /əbˈdʒʊərɪŋ/ 🔊 NAmE /əbˈdʒʊrɪŋ/ 🔊~ sth (formal) to promise publicly that you will give up or reject a belief or a way of behaving 公开保证放弃,声明放弃(信念、行为、活动) SYN renounce