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PERJURED

Definitions: PERJURED

PERJURED

Adjective

1. Guilty of perjury; having sworn falsely; forsworn.

Imperative & past participle

1. Of Perjure

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Date "PERJURED" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1050. (references)


Synonyms within Context: PERJURED

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Improbity

False-hearted, disingenuous; unfair, one-sided; double, double-hearted, double-tongued, double-faced; timeserving, crooked, tortuous,insidious, Machiavelian, dark, slippery; fishy; perfidious, treacherous, perjured.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: PERJURED

Specialty definitions using "PERJURED": Nastrond. (references)

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Commercial Usage: PERJURED

DomainTitle

Books

  • Case of the Perjured Parrot (reference)

  • Shakespeare's Perjured Eye: The Invention of Poetic Subjectivity in the Sonnets (Winner of the Mla 1986 James Russell Lowell Prize) (reference)

  • The Case of the Perjured Parrot (reference)

    (more book examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Familiar Quotations: PERJURED

AuthorQuotation

Horace

Gloriously perjured, a maiden famous to all time.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Historic Usage: PERJURED

AuthorDateQuotation

John Locke

1690

And a little after, Therefore all kings that are not tyrants, or perjured, will be glad to bound themselves within the limits of their laws; and they that persuade them the contrary, are vipers, and pests both against them and the commonwealth. (Second Treatise of Government)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Usage Frequency: PERJURED

"PERJURED" is generally used as a lexical verb (past participle) -- approximately 50.00% of the time. "PERJURED" is used about 8 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Lexical Verb (past participle)50%4175,879
Adjective (general or positive)37.5%3202,518
Lexical Verb (past tense)12.5%1339,140
                    Total100.00%8N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expressions: PERJURED

Expressions using "PERJURED": perjured evidence perjured wretch. Additional references.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: PERJURED

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

  perjured

7
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: PERJURED

Language Translations for "PERJURED"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Bulgarian 

  

клетвопрестъпнически, вероломен (disloyal, faithless, perfidious, perjurious, serpentine, treacherous). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

valapattoinen (forsworn). (various references)

   

French

  

parjuré. (various references)

   

German

  

meineidig, falsch geschworen, eidbrüchig. (various references)

   

Manx

  

oaiagh (abominable). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

erjuredpay

   

Portuguese

  

que cometeu perjúrio, mentir (gaga, humbug, lie, sklent). (various references)

   

Romanian

  

sperjur (forswearer, oath-breaker, perjurer, perjury). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

клятвопреступный, виновный в клятвопреступлении, лжесвидетельствовать лжествидетельствующий (perjuring). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

perjuro (perjurer). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

menedig. (various references)

   

Turkish

  

yalancı şahitliğe dayanan, yalan tere yemin etmekten suçlu. (various references)

   

Ukranian 

  

клятвопорушний. (various references)

   

Vietnamese 

  

có tội khai man trước to . (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: PERJURED

LanguagePeriodTranslations
Latin500 BCE-Modern

periuris, periurus. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Bible Trace: PERJURED

LanguageDateSource1 Timothy Chapter 1, Verse 10
Greek (transliterated)250 BCSeptuagintPornoiV arsenokoitaiV andrapodistaiV yeustaiV epiorkoiV kai ei ti eteron th ugiainoush didaskalia antikeitai
Latin405VulgateFornicariis masculorum concubitoribus plagiariis mendacibus periuris et si quid aliud sanae doctrinae adversatur
Middle English1395WyclifTo hem that don letcherie with men, lesingmongeris and forsworun, and if ony othere thing is contrarie to the hoolsum teching,
Renaissance English1526TyndaleAnd whormongers: to them that defile them selves with mankynde: to menstealers: to lyars and to periured and so forth yf ther be eny other thinge that is cotrary to holsome doctrine
Jacobean English1611King JamesFor whoremongers, for them that defile themselves with mankind, for menstealers, for liars, for perjured persons, and if there be any other thing that is contrary to sound doctrine;
Victorian English1833WebsterFor lewd persons, for them that defile themselves with mankind, for men-stealers, for liars, for perjured persons, and if there is any other thing that is contrary to sound doctrine,
Basic English1964OgdenFor those who go after loose women, for those with unnatural desires, for those who take men prisoners, who make false statements and false oaths, and those who do any other things against the right teaching,

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Matched Bible Translations: PERJURED

Language1 Timothy Chapter 1, Verse 10
Cebuanosa mga makihilawason, sa mga makig-unayg isigkalalaki, sa mga mamimihag ug tawo, sa mga bakakon, sa mga tigpanumpag bakak, ug sa bisan unsa pa nga kabatok sa maayong tuloohan,
Croatianbludnike, muškoložnike, trgovce ljudima, varalice, krivokletnike, i ima li još što protivno zdravom nauku -
Danishutugtige, Syndere imod Naturen, Menneskerøvere, Løgnere, Menedere, og hvad andet der er imod den sunde Lære,
DutchDen hoereerders, dien, die bij mannen liggen, den mensendieven, den leugenaars, den meinedigen, en zo er iets anders tegen de gezonde leer is;
Finnishhaureellisille, miehimyksille, ihmiskauppiaille, valhettelijoille, valapattoisille ja kaikelle muulle, mikä on tervettä oppia vastaan -
Frenchles impudiques, les infâmes, les voleurs d`hommes, les menteurs, les parjures, et tout ce qui est contraire la saine doctrine, -
Germanden Hurern, den Knabenschändern, den Menschendieben, den Lügnern, den Meineidigen und so etwas mehr der heilsamen Lehre zuwider ist,
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hariterhadap orang-orang cabul, homoseks, penculik, pembohong; saksi-saksi dusta, dan siapa saja yang membuat hal-hal yang bertentangan dengan ajaran yang benar.
Indonesian-Terjemahan Lamabagi orang yang berzinah dan orang semburit, dan yang mencuri orang, dan yang membuat dusta dan yang bersumpah dusta, dan barang apa pun yang bersalahan dengan pengajaran yang benar itu,
Italiani fornicatori, i pervertiti, i trafficanti di uomini, i falsi, gli spergiuri e per ogni altra cosa che è contraria alla sana dottrina,
LatvianNetikïiem, vîrieðu apgânîtâjiem, cilvçku laupîtâjiem, meïiem, zvçresta lauzçjiem un tiem, kas pretojas veselîgajai mâcîbai,
MaoriMo te hunga moepuku, moe kino i te tane, tahae tangata, korero teka, oati teka, a ki te mea tera atu tetahi mea kahore nei e rite ki te whakaako tika;
Norwegianhorkarler, syndere mot naturen, menneskerøvere, løgnere, menedere, og alt annet som er imot den sunde lære,
Portuguesepara os devassos, os sodomitas, os roubadores de homens, os mentirosos, os perjuros, e para tudo que for contrário sã doutrina,   
Rumanianpentru curvari, pentru sodomiyi, pentru vknzqtorii de oameni, pentru cei mincinowi, pentru cei ce jurq strkmb, wi pentru orice este kmpotriva knvqyqturii sqnqtoase: -
Shuarnuwancha tura aishmannasha tsanirma ainia nunasha, shuaran kasamak juu ainia nunasha, Wáitrinniasha, tsanumniuncha, Ashí nuna itit awajsatniun akupenawai. Kame Ashí pénkercha nuna iwiaratniun akupenawai.
Spanishpara los fornicarios, para los homosexuales, para los secuestradores, para los mentirosos, para los perjuros, y para cuanto haya contrario a la sana doctrina,
Swahilisheria imewekwa kwa ajili ya waasherati, wafiraji, wanaowaiba watu, waongo, na wanaoapa uongo au wanaofanya chochote ambacho ni kinyume cha mafundisho ya kweli.
Swedishför dem som öva otukt och onaturlig vällustsynd, för dem som äro människosäljare, lögnare, menedare eller något annat som strider mot den sunda läran --
UmaPatuju Atura Musa, bona mpotagi tauna to mobualo', to mogau' sala' tomane hingka tomane-na ba tobine hingka tobine-na, to mpo'ala' tauna bona rapobatua, to boa', to mosabi' boa', pai' hema-hema to mpobabehi to mosisala hante tudui' to makono.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Misspellings: PERJURED

Misspellings

"PERJURED" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: percure, prejure. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "PERJURED"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "PERJURED" (pronounced per"jerd)
3-j er dbadgered, conjured, endangered, injured, majored, uninjured, wagered.

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Anagrams: PERJURED

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "d-e-e-j-p-r-r-u"

-1 letter: perdure, perjure.

-2 letters: perdue, pureed, purred.

-3 letters: drupe, duper, erred, perdu, preed, prude, puree, purer, ruder, rupee.

-4 letters: deep, deer, dere, dree, dupe, dure, durr, jeed, jeep, jeer, jupe, peed, peer, pree, pure, purr, rede, reed, rude, rued, ruer.

-5 letters: dee, due, dup, ere, err, jee, jeu, ped, pee, per, pud, pur, red, ree, rep.

 Words containing the letters "d-e-e-j-p-r-r-u"
 

+1 letter: prejudger.

 

+2 letters: prejudgers.

 

+5 letters: jurisprudence.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: PERJURED


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

50 45 52 4A 55 52 45 44

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

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Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01010000 01000101 01010010 01001010 01010101 01010010 01000101 01000100

HTML Code (1990) (references)

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ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0050 0045 0052 004A 0055 0052 0045 0044

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

5039524455523938

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Usage: Commercial
4. Quotations: Familiar
5. Quotations: Historic
6. Usage Frequency
7. Expressions
8. Expressions: Internet
9. Translations: Modern
10. Translations: Ancient
11. Bible Trace
12. Derivations
13. Rhymes
14. Anagrams
15. Orthography
16. Bibliography


  

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