Forswear vs Forwear - What's the difference?
forswear | forwear |
To renounce or deny something, especially under oath.
* Shakespeare
* Dryden
To commit perjury.
(obsolete) To wear out; wear away; exhaust; spend; waste.
As verbs the difference between forswear and forwear
is that forswear is to renounce or deny something, especially under oath while forwear is (obsolete) to wear out; wear away; exhaust; spend; waste.forswear
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Alternative forms
* foreswearVerb
- I do forswear her.
- Like innocence, and as serenely bold / As truth, how loudly he forswears thy gold!