Part 4524

<blockquote>I . . . do <b>forswear</b> her. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To deny upon oath.</def>

<blockquote>Like innocence, and as serenely bold As truth, how loudly he <b>forswears</b> thy gold! <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

<cs><col>To forswear one's self</col>, <cd>to swear falsely; to pe<?/ure one's self. "Thou shalt not <i>forswear thyself<i>."</cd></cs>

<i><?/tt. v. 33.</i>

<syn>Syn. -- See <er>Perjure</er>.</syn>

<h1>Forswear</h1> <Xpage=588>

<hw>For*swear"</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To swear falsely; to commit perjury.</def>

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>Forswearer</h1> <Xpage=588>

<hw>For*swear"er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who rejects of renounces upon oath; one who swears a false oath.</def>

<h1>Forswonk</h1> <Xpage=588>

<hw>For*swonk"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>for-</ets> + <ets>swonk</ets>, p.p. of <ets>swink</ets>to labor. See <er>Swink</er>.]</ety> <def>Overlabored; exhausted; worn out.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Spenser.</i>

<h1>Forswore</h1> <Xpage=588>

<hw>For*swore"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <def><tt>imp.</tt> of <er>Forswear</er>.</def>

<h1>Forsworn</h1> <Xpage=588>

<hw>For*sworn"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <def><tt>p. p.</tt> of <er>Forswear</er>.</def>

<h1>Forswornness</h1> <Xpage=588>

<hw>For*sworn"ness</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>State of being forsworn.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<h1>Forsythia</h1> <Xpage=588>

<hw>For*syth"i*a</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[NL. Named after William <ets>Forsyth</ets>, who brought in from China.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A shrub of the Olive family, with yellow blossoms.</def>

<h1>Fort</h1> <Xpage=588>

<hw>Fort</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F., from <ets>fort</ets> strong, L. <ets>fortis</ets>; perh. akin to Skr. <ets>darh</ets> to fix, make firm, and to E. <ets>firm</ets> Cf. <er>Forte</er>, <er>Force</er>, <er>Fortalice</er>, <er>Comfort</er>, <er>Effort</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Mil.)</fld> <def>A strong or fortified place; usually, a small fortified place, occupied only by troops, surrounded with a ditch, rampart, and parapet, or with palisades, stockades, or other means of defense; a fortification.</def>

<blockquote>Detached works, depending solely on their own strength, belong to the class of works termed <b>forts</b>. <i>Farrow.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Fortalice</h1> <Xpage=588>

<hw>Fort"a*lice</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[LL. <ets>fortalitia</ets>, or OF. <ets>fortelesce</ets>. See <er>Fortress</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Mil.)</fld> <def>A small outwork of a fortification; a fortilage; -- called also <altname>fortelace</altname>.</def>

<h1>Forte</h1> <Xpage=588>