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.
Ab*jure", v. i. To renounce on
oath. Bp. Burnet.