forswear

Word family

for·swear /fɔːˈsweə $ fɔːrˈswer/ verb (past tensepst forswore /-ˈswɔː $ -ˈswɔːr/, past participlepp forsworn /-ˈswɔːn $ -ˈswɔːrn/) [transitiveT] formal

ALto stop doing something or promise that you will stop doing something 放弃；许诺放弃 SYN renounce

We are forswearing the use of chemical weapons for any reason.

我们保证绝不以任何理由使用化学武器。

Examples from the Corpus

forswear• Both sides agreed to forswear all acts of terrorism.• And it will force Nico to forswear any use of my statement to Molto.• It is currently fashionable to forswear flesh eating in the interests of animal rights or a lower cholesterol level.• But to do that he had to forswear his ... abilities.• It was the Biblical apple with which man was seduced to forswear his innocence in order to gain knowledge and sexuality.• Secondly, Hu suggests that the Fed should forswear intervening directly in equities or equity derivatives.• His refusal to forswear moonshine, however, mocked her with the most painful failure of all.

Origin forswear

Old English forswerian

for·swear verb

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