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Meaning of 'perjure' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Perjure [ n.]
- A perjured person.
2 . Perjure [ v. t.]
- 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.
- To make a false oath to; to deceive by oaths and protestations.

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