The Only Use
abjure
in
Twelfth Night
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- A virtuous maid, the daughter of a count That died some twelvemonth since; then leaving her In the protection of his son, her brother, Who shortly also died; for whose dear love, They say, she hath abjured the company And sight of men.†
p. 13.3abjured = formally rejected
Definitions:
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(1)
(abjure) reject or renounce -- especially something previously believed or done
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)