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forsworn

adjective for·sworn \ fȯr-ˈswȯrn \
variants: or less commonly foresworn

Definition of forsworn

1 : guilty of perjury
2 : marked by perjury

First Known Use of forsworn

before 12th century

in the meaning defined at sense 1

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