| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Verb | 1. To abnegate, renounce, repudiate, forswear or forgo.
[Eve - graph theoretic] 2. To cancel or abrogate. [Eve - graph theoretic] 3. To disavow or disown. [Eve - graph theoretic] 4. To contravene, violate or infringe.[Eve - graph theoretic] 5. Present participle conjugation of the verb abjure.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Verb Base (abjure) | 1. Formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually under pressure; "She abjured her beliefs".[Wordnet]. 2. To renounce upon oath; to forswear; to disavow; as, to abjure allegiance to a prince. To abjure the realm, is to swear to abandon it forever.[Websters]. 3. To renounce or reject with solemnity; to recant; to abandon forever; to reject; repudiate; as, to abjure errors.[Websters]. 4. To renounce on oath.[Websters]. 5. Base verb from the following inflections: abjuring, abjured, abjures, abjurer, abjurers, abjuringly and abjuredly.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
Sources: compiled from various sources, (under license) copyright 2008. | Top | |
Date "ABJURING" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1711. (references) |
Specialty Definition: ABJURING
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Noah Webster | [Verb] Renouncing upon oath; disclaiming with solemnity.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary. | ||
| Wiktionary | [Verb] Present participle of abjure. (references) | ||
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | Top | ||
