Associations to the word «Perjure»
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Wiktionary
PERJURE, verb. (reflexive) To knowingly and willfully make a false statement of witness while in court.
PERJURE, verb. (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.
PERJURE, verb. (transitive) To make a false oath to; to deceive by oaths and protestations.
PERJURE, noun. (obsolete) A perjured person.
Dictionary definition
PERJURE, verb. Knowingly tell an untruth in a legal court and render oneself guilty of perjury.
Wise words
It is better wither to be silent, or to say things of more
value than silence. Sooner throw a pearl at hazard than an
idle or useless word; and do not say a little in many words,
but a great deal in a few.