Definition of Abjre
Ab*jure" (&?;), v. t. [imp. & p.
p. Abjured (&?;); p. pr. & vb. n.
Abjuring (&?;).] [L. abjurare to deny upon oath; ab +
jurare to swear, fr. jus, juris, right, law; cf. F.
abjurer. See Jury.] 1. To renounce upon
oath; to forswear; to disavow; as, to abjure allegiance to a prince.
To abjure the realm, is to swear to abandon it forever.
2. To renounce or reject with solemnity; to recant;
to abandon forever; to reject; repudiate; as, to abjure
errors. "Magic I here abjure." Shak.
Syn. -- See Renounce.
Ab*jure", v. i. To renounce on
oath. Bp. Burnet.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- (transitive) To renounce upon oath; to forswear; to disavow.
To abjure allegiance to a prince.
To abjure the realm (to swear to abandon it forever).
- (transitive) To renounce or reject with solemnity; to recant; to abandon forever; to reject; repudiate.
To abjure errors.
- But this rough magic I here abjure. - Shakespeare, Tempest, V,i
- (intransitive) To renounce on oath.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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