Emily Dickinson Lexicon

AB-JURE', v.t. [L. abjuro, to deny upon oath, from ab and juro, to swear.]

1. To renounce upon oath; to abandon; as, to abjure allegiance to a prince.
2. To renounce or reject with solemnity; to reject; as, to abjure errors, abjure reason.
3. To recant or retract. – Shak.
4. To banish. [Not used.]