FORESWEAR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does foreswear mean? 

• FORESWEAR (verb)
  The verb FORESWEAR has 2 senses:

1. do without or cease to hold or adhere to

2. turn away from; give up

  Familiarity information: FORESWEAR used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FORESWEAR (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they foreswear    ... he / she / it foreswears   
Past simple: foreswore   
Past participle: foresworn   
-ing form: foreswearing   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Do without or cease to hold or adhere to

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Synonyms:

dispense with; forego; foreswear; forgo; relinquish; waive

Context example:

relinquish the old ideas

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "foreswear"):

give up; kick (stop consuming)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sense 2

Meaning:

Turn away from; give up

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Synonyms:

foreswear; quit; relinquish; renounce

Context example:

I am foreswearing women forever

Hypernyms (to "foreswear" is one way to...):

abandon; give up (give up with the intent of never claiming again)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "foreswear"):

disclaim (renounce a legal claim or title to)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody