tr.v. per·jured, per·jur·ing, per·jures Law To make (oneself) guilty of perjury. [Middle English perjuren, from Old French perjurer, from Latin periūrāre : per-, per- + iūrāre, to swear; see yewes- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.] perjur·er n. |
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