Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Preterit and past, participle of forswear.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- imp. of
forswear .
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- verb Simple past of
foreswear .
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Examples
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But he had won rehabilitation from the West in recent years after he forswore terrorism and opened his weapons facilities to American inspectors.
Gaddafi refuses to cede power; protesters win backing of defectors 2011
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But he had won rehabilitation from the West in recent years after he forswore terrorism and opened his weapons facilities to American inspectors.
New clashes reported in Tripoli; U.S. citizens to evacuate 2011
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But he had won rehabilitation from the West in recent years after he forswore terrorism and opened his weapons facilities to American inspectors.
Gaddafi refuses to cede power; protesters win backing of defectors 2011
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But he had won rehabilitation from the West in recent years after he forswore terrorism and opened his weapons facilities to American inspectors.
Gaddafi refuses to cede power; protesters win backing of defectors 2011
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In his closing address, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu forswore reference entirely, as if even one mention would sully the Conference's success, or dishonor its guests.
Is Iran the New Four-Letter Word? Nazee Moinian 2010
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On the other hand, Japan forswore the right to acquire nuclear weapons and joined the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty in 1976 on the understa nding that India and other states would not be accepted in the future as nuclear-weapon powers.
Solving Tokyo's Nuclear Conundrum George Perkovich 2010
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In his closing address, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu forswore reference entirely, as if even one mention would sully the Conference's success, or dishonor its guests.
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In his closing address, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu forswore reference entirely, as if even one mention would sully the Conference's success, or dishonor its guests.
Nazee Moinian: Is Iran the New Four-Letter Word? Nazee Moinian 2010
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Over the past 25 years, Democrats and Republicans alike forswore their allegiance to the central responsibility of elected legislators to make choices, balance priorities and pass budgets with integrity.
David Paul: Time for Congress to Face Facts: They Are the Death Panel 2010
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Over the past 25 years, Democrats and Republicans alike forswore their allegiance to the central responsibility of elected legislators to make choices, balance priorities and pass budgets with integrity.
Time for Congress to Face Facts: They Are the Death Panel 2010
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