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perjure

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++per·jure /ˈpɜːdʒə $ ˈpɜːrdʒer/ verb  perjure yourself SCT law to tell a lie after promising to tell the truth in a court of law 〔在法庭上〕作伪证perjured adjective perjured evidence 伪证perjurer noun [countable]→ See Verb table
Examples from the Corpus
perjureAnd Mr Mitchum wouldn't perjure himself.It was true that I would never perjure myself.
Origin perjure (1400-1500) Old French parjurer, from Latin perjurare, from jurare to swear
per·jure verbChineseSyllable
Corpus tell tell to the after to a lie promising


perjure
perjure /ˈpɜːdʒə $ ˈpɜːrdʒer/ verb
 Date: 1400-1500
 Language: Old French
 Origin: parjurer, from Latin perjurare, from jurare __to swear__
perjure yourself law to tell a lie after promising to tell the truth in a court of law
—perjured adjective:
    perjured evidence
—perjurer noun [countable]


per·jureBrE /ˈpɜːdʒə(r)/ 🔊NAmE /ˈpɜːrdʒər/ 🔊 verbpresent simple - I / you / we / they perjure BrE /ˈpɜːdʒə(r)/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈpɜːrdʒər/ 🔊present simple - he / she / it perjures BrE /ˈpɜːdʒəz/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈpɜːrdʒərz/ 🔊past simple perjured BrE /ˈpɜːdʒəd/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈpɜːrdʒərd/ 🔊past participle perjured BrE /ˈpɜːdʒəd/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈpɜːrdʒərd/ 🔊 -ing form perjuring BrE /ˈpɜːdʒərɪŋ/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈpɜːrdʒərɪŋ/ 🔊~ yourself (law 法律) to tell a lie in court after you have sworn to tell the truth 作伪证;发假誓 per·jurer BrE /ˈpɜːdʒərə(r)/ 🔊NAmE /ˈpɜːrdʒərər/ 🔊 noun