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Definition of forswear verb from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

 

forswear

 verb
verb
NAmE//fɔrˈswɛr//
 
forswear something (formal or )Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they forswear
 
he / she / it forswears
 
past simple forswore
 
past participle forsworn
 
-ing form forswearing
 
 
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(literary) to stop doing or using something; to make a promise that you will stop doing or using something synonym renounce The group forswears all worldly possessions. The country has not forsworn the use of chemical weapons.
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