abjure
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"Abjure, my dear boy!" cried Mercandon, going on his knees to Coconnas; "do not leave us alone on the earth!"
From Marguerite de Valois by Dumas père, Alexandre
Abjure fast boarding-houses, you silly old bachelors, and go to grass in a marsh!
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 06, No. 36, October, 1860 by Various
Abjure his writings, the convictions of a lifetime!
From Carmen Ariza by Stocking, Charles Francis
Abjure, ab-jōōr′, v.t. to renounce on oath or solemnly: to recant: to repudiate.—n.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various
Abjure the Why and seek the How: the God and gods enthroned on high, Are silent all, are silent still; nor hear thy voice, nor deign reply.
From The Kasidah of Haji Abdu El-Yezdi by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir
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