Like innocence, and as serenely bold As truth, how loudly he
forswears thy gold!
Dryden.
To forswear one's self, to swear falsely; to perjure one's self. "Thou
shalt not forswear thyself." Matt. v. 33.
Syn. -- See Perjure.
For*swear", v. i. To swear falsely; to commit perjury. Shak.
For*swear"er (?), n. One who rejects of renounces upon oath; one who
swears a false oath.
For*swonk" (?), a. [Pref. for- + swonk, p. p. of swinkto labor. See
Swink.] Overlabored; exhausted; worn out. [Obs.] Spenser.
For*swore" (?), imp. of Forswear.
For*sworn" (?), p. p. of Forswear.