perjure

verb
🔊/ˈpɜːdʒə(r)/
🔊/ˈpɜːrdʒər/
(law法律)
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they perjure
🔊/ˈpɜːdʒə(r)/
🔊/ˈpɜːrdʒər/
he / she / it perjures
🔊/ˈpɜːdʒəz/
🔊/ˈpɜːrdʒərz/
past simple perjured
🔊/ˈpɜːdʒəd/
🔊/ˈpɜːrdʒərd/
past participle perjured
🔊/ˈpɜːdʒəd/
🔊/ˈpɜːrdʒərd/
-ing form perjuring
🔊/ˈpɜːdʒərɪŋ/
🔊/ˈpɜːrdʒərɪŋ/
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  1. perjure yourself to tell a lie in court after you have sworn to tell the truth作伪证;发假誓Topics Crime and punishmentc2
    Word Originlate Middle English (as perjured in the sense ‘guilty of perjury’): from Old French parjurer, from Latin perjurare ‘swear falsely’, from per- ‘to ill effect’ + jurare ‘swear’.