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perjure

/ˈpɜːd͡ʒə(ɹ)/US/ˈpɝd͡ʒɚ/

perjure verb: to knowingly and willfully make a false statement of witness while in court.

Verb

perjure (third-person singular simple present perjures, present participle perjuring, simple past and past participle perjured)

  1. (reflexive) To knowingly and willfully make a false statement of witness while in court.
    • He perjured himself.
  2. (transitive) To cause to violate an oath or a vow; to cause to make oath knowingly to what is untrue; to make guilty of perjury; to forswear; to corrupt.
    • Want will perjure the ne'er-touched vestal.c. 1606–1607 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Anthonie and Cleopatra”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard...
  3. (transitive) To make a false oath to; to deceive by oaths and protestations.
    • And with a virgin innocence did pray / For me, that perjured her.1608, John Fletcher, The Faithful Shepherdess

Noun

perjure (plural perjures)

  1. (obsolete) A perjured person.
    • He comes in like a perjure, wearing papersc. 1595–1596 (date written), William Shakespeare, “Loues Labour’s Lost”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward]...

perjure meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Malayalam and Kannada

perjure in Tamil

பொய்ச்சான்று

perjure in Urdu

جھوٹا حلف اٹھوانا

perjure in Malayalam

കള്ളസത്യം ചെയ്യിക്കുക, സത്യം ചെയ്ത കളവു പറയുക, കള്ളയാണയിടുക

perjure in Kannada

ಆಣೆತಪ್ಪು, ಆಣೆಮುರಿ, ಸುಳ್ಳುಕಾಣ್ಕೆ ಕೊಡು, ಸುಳ್ಳು ಸಾಕ್ಷಿ ಹೇಳು, ಸುಳ್ಳು ಪ್ರಮಾಣ ಮಾಡು

Synonyms of perjure

Forms of perjure

Verb
third-person singular presentperjures
present participleperjuring
past participleperjured
pastperjured
Noun
pluralperjures

Origin of perjure

From Old French parjurer, from Latin periūrō.

Words formed from perjure

Words that rhyme with perjure

Questions about perjure

What does perjure mean?
Perjure means to knowingly and willfully make a false statement of witness while in court.
What is perjure in Tamil?
Perjure in Tamil is பொய்ச்சான்று. See Perjure meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is perjure?
Perjure can be a verb or a noun.
How do you pronounce perjure?
Perjure is pronounced /ˈpɜːd͡ʒə(ɹ)/ (UK).
What is the past tense of perjure?
The past tense of perjure is perjured.

Words near perjure in the dictionary

  1. Perișani
  2. perjink
  3. perjinkety
  4. perjorative
  5. perjurable
  6. perjure
  7. perjured
  8. perjuredly
  9. perjurer
  10. perjurers
  11. perjures

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Adapted from Wiktionary: perjure (page history and authors); perjure (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); perjure (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); perjure (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); perjure (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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