- past participle of forswear.
forsworn
Example Sentences
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Forsworn thyself: the traitor's odious name I first return, and then disprove thy claim.
From Palamon and Arcite by Dryden, John
Whereon the king's face grew white and then red, and he flashed out into terrible wrath: "Forsworn and treacherous!" he cried, in a thick voice that shook with passion.
From King Alfred's Viking A Story of the First English Fleet by Whistler, Charles W. (Charles Watts)
Since his exile she hath despis'd me most, Forsworn my company and rail'd at me, That I am desperate of obtaining her.
From Two Gentlemen of Verona by Shakespeare, William
Since not my passioning, But thine own heart, doth cry thee for a thing Forsworn.
From Medea of Euripedes by Euripedes
This very day, I ween, is food Forsworn by all the multitude, Thinking that thou, with hosts to aid, Art dwelling in the wild wood's shade.
From The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse by Griffith, Ralph T. H. (Ralph Thomas Hotchkin)
