Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

perjure

/ˈpɜːd͡ʒə(ɹ)/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.91 in modern English

Syllables: per-jure
IPA: /ˈpɜːd͡ʒə(ɹ)/

16

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To knowingly and willfully make a false statement of witness while in court.

verb

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.

Transitive verb

verb

To make a false oath to; to deceive by oaths and protestations.

Transitive verb

noun

A perjured person.

Obsolete

Example Sentences

"He perjured himself."
"Want will perjure the ne'er-touched vestal."
"And with a virgin innocence did pray / For me, that perjured her."
"He comes in like a perjure, wearing papers"

Etymology

From Old French parjurer, from Latin periūrō.

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈpɜːd͡ʒə(ɹ)/
British English: /ˈpɜːd͡ʒə(ɹ)/

Usage

Inflected Forms

perjures (present, singular) perjuring (participle, present) perjured (participle, past) perjured (past) perjures (plural)

Derived Forms

perjurer perjuror unperjured

Frequently Paired Words

perjury

Synonyms

forswear manswear misswear

Homonyms

purger

Rhymes With

merger demerger yerger verger verdure scourger

Questions

How do you pronounce perjure?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈpɜːd͡ʒə(ɹ)/.
What does perjure mean?: To knowingly and willfully make a false statement of witness while in court.
Where does perjure come from?: From Old French parjurer, from Latin periūrō.

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