To renounce or deny solemnly; to abjure or reject formally under oath.
Variant or archaic form of 'abjure,' from Latin 'abjurare' (ab- away from + jurare to swear), meaning to swear away or forswear.
This is one of those words where old spellings and pronunciations give us clues about how English sounded centuries ago—'abiuret' shows scholars wrestling with Latin-derived words in Early Modern English.
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