forswearとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From 中期英語 forsweren, from 古期英語 forswerian (“to swear falsely”). Cognate with Old Saxon farswerian, Old High German farsweren, German verschwören. More at for- +‎ swear.

発音

• IPA: /fə(ɹ)ˈswɛə(ɹ)/, /fɔː(ɹ)ˈswɛə(ɹ)/
• 韻: -ɛə(ɹ)

動詞

forswear (third-person singular simple present forswears, present participle forswearing, simple past forswore, past participle forsworn)

1. (transitive) To renounce or deny something, especially under oath.

   Synonyms: abjure, disavow, swear off; see also Thesaurus:repudiate

   We forswear allegiance and support for the Economic Freedom Fighters.

   • 1592, William Shakespeare, The Taming of the Shrew:

     Never to woo her more; but do forswear her.

   • 1726, John Dryden, translating Juvenal, Satires‎:

     Like Innocence, and as serenely bold / As Truth, how loudly He forswears thy Gold!.

   • 1913, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Return of Tarzan, New York: Ballantine Books, published 1963, page 198:

     Long since he had given up every intention of returning to civilization, and now he had decided to see no more his black friends of the Waziri. He had forsworn humanity forever. He had started life an ape—as an ape he would die.

   • 1995, Philip Roth, Sabbath's Theater‎:

     Either forswear fucking others or the affair is over.

   • 2008, Philip Roth, Indignation:

     The sheer unimaginableness of coming into her mouth — of coming into anything other than the air or a tissue or a dirty sock — was an allurement too stupendous for a novice to forswear.

   • 2025 August 4, Sheera Frenkel, “The Militarization of Silicon Valley”, in The New York Times‎, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 5 August 2025:

     Over the past two years, Silicon Valley’s leaders and investors — many of whom had once forsworn involvement in weapons and war — have plunged headfirst into the military industrial complex.

2. (intransitive or reflexive) To commit perjury; to break an oath.

   Synonyms: perjure, manswear, misswear

派生語

アナグラム

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