| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| abjure |
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| SYLLABICATION: | ab·jure |
| PRONUNCIATION: |   b-j r |
| TRANSITIVE VERB: | Inflected forms: ab·jured, ab·jur·ing, ab·jures
1. To renounce under oath; forswear. 2. To recant solemnly; repudiate: abjure one's beliefs. 3. To give up (an action or practice, for example); abstain from: “For nearly 21 years after his resignation as Prime Minister in 1963, he abjured all titles, preferring to remain just plain ‘Mr.’” (Time). | | ETYMOLOGY: | Middle English abjuren, from Old French abjurer, from Latin abi r re : ab-, away; see ab–1 + irre, to swear; see yewes- in Appendix I. | | OTHER FORMS: | ab ju·ration —NOUN
ab·jurer —NOUN
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