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   forswear

   /fəˈswɛː/

   verb

   • 1. agree to give up or do without: formal "the country has not forsworn nuclear weapons"
   • 2. commit perjury; swear falsely: archaic "I swore that I would lead us safely home and I do not mean to be forsworn"

   Word Origin Old Englishforswerian (see for-, swear).

   Scrabble Points: 14

   • F

     4

   • O

     1

   • R

     1

   • S

     1

   • W

     4

   • E

     1

   • A

     1

   • R

     1

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