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  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Abjure  \Ab*jure"\,  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Abjured};  p.  pr  &  vb 
  n.  {Abjuring}.]  [L.  abjurare  to  deny  upon  oath;  ab  +  jurare 
  to  swear,  fr  jus,  juris,  right  law;  cf  F.  abjurer.  See 
  {Jury}.] 
  1.  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. 
 
  2.  To  renounce  or  reject  with  solemnity;  to  recant;  to 
  abandon  forever;  to  reject;  repudiate;  as  to  abjure 
  errors.  ``Magic  I  here  abjure.''  --Shak. 
 
  Syn:  See  {Renounce}. 




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