Both Uses of
forswear
in
The Aeneid
- Thus while he spoke, already she began, With sparkling eyes, to view the guilty man; From head to foot survey'd his person o'er, Nor longer these outrageous threats forebore: "False as thou art, and, more than false, forsworn!†
Book 4 *
- Turnus shall dearly pay for faith forsworn; And corps, and swords, and shields, on Tiber borne, Shall choke his flood: now sound the loud alarms; And, Latian troops, prepare your perjur'd arms."†
Book 8
Definition:
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(forswear as in: forswear my country of birth) to decide to stop doing something; or to renounce or disavow something