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单词 abjure
释义

abjure

See also: abjuré

English

Etymology

From Middle English abjuren, from Latin abiūrō (“deny upon oath”) (possibly via Middle French abjurer), formed from ab (“from, away from”) + iūro (“swear or take an oath”), from iūs (“law, right, duty”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • (US) IPA(key): /æbˈd͡ʒʊɹ/
  • Audio (US)(file)
  • Audio (CA)(file)
  • Rhymes: -ʊə(ɹ)

Verb

abjure (third-person singular simple present abjures, present participle abjuring, simple past and past participle abjured)

  1. (transitive) To renounce upon oath; to forswear; to disavow. [First attested around 1350 to 1470.][2]
    • 1786, William Beckford, Vathek; an Arabian Tale:
      adore then the terrestrial influences, and abjure Mahomet.
    To abjure allegiance to a prince.
    To abjure the realm (to swear to abandon it forever).
  2. (transitive, obsolete, historical) To cause one to renounce or recant. [First attested around 1350 to 1470.][2]
  3. (transitive) To reject with solemnity; to abandon forever; to repudiate; to disclaim. [First attested around 1350 to 1470.][2]
    To abjure errors.
    • 1610, Shakespeare, The Tempest, act 5 scene 1:
      But this rough magic I here abjure [...]
  4. (transitive) To abstain from; to avoid; to shun.
    • 1902, Robert Marshall Grade, The Haunted Major
      Except during the season in town, she spends her year in golfing, either at St Magnus or Pau, for, like all good Americans, she has long since abjured her native soil.

Synonyms

  • (to renounce upon oath): disavow, forswear, renounce; See also Thesaurus:repudiate or Thesaurus:recant
  • (to cause one to renounce or recant):
  • (to reject with solemnity): disclaim, repudiate
  • (to abstain from): avoid, shun; See also Thesaurus:avoid

Derived terms

  • abjurer
  • abjure the realm
English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *h₂yew-‎ (0 c, 21 e)

Translations

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References

  1. Elliott K. Dobbie, C. William Dunmore, Robert K. Barnhart, et al. (editors), Chambers Dictionary of Etymology (Chambers Harrap Publishers Ltd, 2004 [1998], →ISBN), page 3
  2. Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief; William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors (2002), “abjure”, in The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford; New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 5.

Anagrams

  • Juarbe

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ab.ʒyʁ/
  • Audio(file)

Verb

abjure

  1. inflection of abjurer:
    1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
    2. second-person singular imperative

Portuguese

Verb

abjure

  1. inflection of abjurar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /abˈxuɾe/ [aβ̞ˈxu.ɾe]
  • Rhymes: -uɾe
  • Syllabification: ab‧ju‧re

Verb

abjure

  1. inflection of abjurar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative
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