| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | per·jure |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  pûr j r |
| TRANSITIVE VERB: | Inflected forms: per·jured, per·jur·ing, per·jures
Law To make (oneself) guilty of perjury by deliberately testifying falsely under oath. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Middle English perjuren, from Old French perjurer, from Latin peri r re : per-, per- + irre, to swear; see yewes- in Appendix I. | | OTHER FORMS: | perjur·er —NOUN
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