v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Perjured p. pr. & vb. n. Perjuring. ] [ F. parjurer, L. perjurare, perjerare; per through, over + jurare to swear. See Jury. ] 1. To cause to violate an oath or a vow; to cause to make oath knowingly to what is untrue; to make guilty of perjury; to forswear; to corrupt; -- often used reflexively; as, he perjured himself. [ 1913 Webster ]

Want will perjure
The ne'er-touched vestal. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To make a false oath to; to deceive by oaths and protestations. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

And with a virgin innocence did pray
For me, that perjured her. J. Fletcher. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- To Perjure, Forswear. These words have been used interchangeably; but there is a tendency to restrict perjure to that species of forswearing which constitutes the crime of perjury at law, namely, the willful violation of an oath administered by a magistrate or according to law. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. perjurus: cf. OF. parjur, F. parjure. ] A perjured person. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Guilty of perjury; having sworn falsely; forsworn. Shak. “Perjured persons.” 1 Tim. i. 10. “Their perjured oath.” Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who is guilty of perjury; one who perjures or forswears, in any sense. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ L. perjuriosus, perjurus. ] Guilty of perjury; containing perjury. [ Obs. ] Quarles. B. Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Perjuries [ L. perjurium. See Perjure, v. ] 1. False swearing. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Law) At common law, a willfully false statement in a fact material to the issue, made by a witness under oath in a competent judicial proceeding. By statute the penalties of perjury are imposed on the making of willfully false affirmations. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ If a man swear falsely in nonjudicial affidavits, it is made perjury by statute in some jurisdictions in the United States. [ 1913 Webster ]