foreswear
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foreswear — variant of forswear … New Collegiate Dictionary
foreswear — /fawr swair , fohr /, v.t., v.i., foreswore, foresworn, foreswearing. forswear. * * * … Universalium
foreswear — (Roget s Thesaurus II) verb See forswear … English dictionary for students
foreswear — v. promise to abandon or give up; deny under oath; give false testimony, commit perjury … English contemporary dictionary
foreswear — fore•swear [[t]fɔrˈswɛər, foʊr [/t]] v. t. v. i. swore, sworn, swear•ing cvb forswear … From formal English to slang
foreswear — verb 1. do without or cease to hold or adhere to We are dispensing with formalities relinquish the old ideas • Syn: ↑waive, ↑relinquish, ↑forgo, ↑forego, ↑dispense with • Deri … Useful english dictionary
give up — verb 1. lose (s.th.) or lose the right to (s.th.) by some error, offense, or crime (Freq. 9) you ve forfeited your right to name your successor forfeited property • Syn: ↑forfeit, ↑throw overboard, ↑waiv … Useful english dictionary
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 1. to make a liar of (oneself) under or as if under oath 2 … New Collegiate Dictionary
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Alessandro Valignano — Alessandro Valignano, (Chinese: 范禮安 Fàn Lǐ’ān) (February 15, 1539 in Chieti, Abruzzo region of Italy January 20, 1606, Macau [http://www.gesuiti.it/noviziato/registro.html] ), was an Italian Jesuit missionary who helped supervise the introduction … Wikipedia
