FORSWEAR

also foreswear verb (forswore; forsworn; -swearing) Etymology: Middle English forsweren, from Old English forswerian, from for- + swerian to swear Date: before 12th century transitive verb to make a liar of (oneself) under or as if under oath, 2. to reject or renounce under oath, to renounce earnestly, to deny under oath, intransitive verb to swear falsely, see: abjure