Index of English words, starting with "pe"

(1) - Perjure (n.) A perjured person.
(2) - Perjure (v. t.) To make a false oath to; to deceive by oaths and protestations.
(3) - Perjure (v. t.) To cause to violate an oath or a vow; to cause to make oath knowingly to what is untrue; to make guilty of perjury; to forswear; to corrupt; -- often used reflexively; as, he perjured himself.

(1) - Perjurer (n.) One who is guilty of perjury; one who perjures or forswears, in any sense.

(1) - Perjurious (a.) Alt. of Perjurous

(1) - Perjury (v.) At common law, a willfully false statement in a fact material to the issue, made by a witness under oath in a competent judicial proceeding. By statute the penalties of perjury are imposed on the making of willfully false affirmations.
(2) - Perjury (v.) False swearing.