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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

PERJURE, v.t. per'jur. [L. perjuro; per and juro, to swear; that is, to swear aside or beyond.] Willfully to make a false oath when administered by lawful authority or in a court of justice; to forswear; as, the witness perjured himself.
PER'JURE, n. A perjured person. [Not used.]

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

v
1: knowingly tell an untruth in a legal court and render oneself guilty of perjury

Merriam Webster's

transitive verb (perjured; perjuring) Etymology: Anglo-French parjurer, perjurer, from Latin perjurare, from per- detrimentally, for the worse + jurare to swear — more at per-, jury Date: 1535 1. to make a perjurer of (oneself) 2. obsolete to cause to commit perjury

Oxford Reference Dictionary

v.refl. Law 1 wilfully tell an untruth when on oath. 2 (as perjured adj.) guilty of or involving perjury. Derivatives: perjurer n. Etymology: ME f. OF parjurer f. L perjurare (as PER-, jurare swear)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Perjure Per"jure, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Perjured; p. pr. & vb. n. Perjuring.] [F. parjurer, L. perjurare, perjerare; per through, over + jurare to swear. See Jury.] 1. 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; -- often used reflexively; as, he perjured himself. Want will perjure The ne'er-touched vestal. --Shak. 2. To make a false oath to; to deceive by oaths and protestations. [Obs.] And with a virgin innocence did pray For me, that perjured her. --J. Fletcher. Syn: To Perjure, Forswear. Usage: These words have been used interchangeably; but there is a tendency to restrict perjure to that species of forswearing which constitutes the crime of perjury at law, namely, the willful violation of an oath administered by a magistrate or according to law.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Perjure Per"jure, n. [L. perjurus: cf. OF. parjur, F. parjure.] A perjured person. [Obs.] --Shak.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(perjures, perjuring, perjured) If someone perjures themselves in a court of law, they lie, even though they have promised to tell the truth. Witnesses lied and perjured themselves... VERB: V pron-refl