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Entry 3 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Abjure

· Ab·jure · IPA /æbˈd͡ʒʊ(ə)ɹ/
01 v. t. 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.
imp. & p. p. Abjured; p. pr. & vb. n. Abjuring
  1. 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. 2.
    To renounce or reject with solemnity; to recant; to abandon forever; to reject; repudiate; as, to abjure errors.
Syn. See Renounce.
02 v. i. To renounce on oath.
  1. 1.
    To renounce on oath.