abjureとは意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• (米国発音) IPA^(key): /æbˈd͡ʒʊɹ/
• 韻: -ʊə(ɹ)

動詞

abjure (三人称単数 現在形 abjures, 現在分詞 abjuring, 過去形および過去分詞形 abjured)

1. (transitive) To renounce upon oath; to forswear; to disavow. [First attested around 1350 to 1470.]^[2]
   • 1786, William Beckford, Vathek; an Arabian Tale:

     adore then the terrestrial influences, and abjure Mahomet.

   To abjure allegiance to a prince.

   To abjure the realm (to swear to abandon it forever).

2. (transitive, obsolete, historical) To cause one to renounce or recant. [First attested around 1350 to 1470.]^[2]
3. (transitive) To reject with solemnity; to abandon forever; to repudiate; to disclaim. [First attested around 1350 to 1470.]^[2]

   To abjure errors.

   • 1610, Shakespeare, The Tempest, act 5 scene 1:

     But this rough magic I here abjure [...]

4. (transitive) To abstain from; to avoid; to shun.
   • 1902, Robert Marshall Grade, The Haunted Major

     Except during the season in town, she spends her year in golfing, either at St Magnus or Pau, for, like all good Americans, she has long since abjured her native soil.

同意語

• (to renounce upon oath): disavow, forswear, renounce; See also Thesaurus:repudiate or Thesaurus:recant
• (to cause one to renounce または recant):
• (to reject with solemnity): disclaim, repudiate
• (to abstain from): avoid, shun; See also Thesaurus:avoid

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