Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for AB-JURE'
AB-JURE', v.t. [L. abjuro, to deny upon oath, from ab and juro, to swear.]
- To renounce upon oath; to abandon; as, to abjure allegiance to a prince.
- To renounce or reject with solemnity; to reject; as, to abjure errors, abjure reason.
- To recant or retract. – Shak.
- To banish. [Not used.]
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