Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Abjure \Ab*jure"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Abjured}; p. pr. & vb.
   n. {Abjuring}.] [L. abjurare to deny upon oath; ab + jurare
   to swear, fr. jus, juris, right, law; cf. F. abjurer. See
   {Jury}.]
   1. To renounce upon oath; to forswear; to disavow; as, to
      abjure allegiance to a prince. To abjure the realm, is to
      swear to abandon it forever.

   2. To renounce or reject with solemnity; to recant; to
      abandon forever; to reject; repudiate; as, to abjure
      errors. ``Magic I here abjure.'' --Shak.

   Syn: See {Renounce}.