Both Uses
forswear
in
Nine Princes in Amber
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- "Any man would be forsworn to gain a kingdom," said Eric.†
Chpt 6 *
- Caine will keep his word to spare your lives when he sees that I have gone to join with Bleys upon the land, for he would not have knowledge that he was forsworn come into Amber.†
Chpt 6
Definitions:
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(1)
(forswear as in: forswear my country of birth) to decide to stop doing something; or to renounce or disavow something
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) More rarely (especially in the UK), forswear can also mean to commit perjury.