The heavens rejoice in motion, why should I abjure my so much loved variety. From LearnThat.org. [John Donne (1572-1631)]
And you'll impress your pals when you drop "abjure" or "loquacity" in conversation. From Wordnik.com. [Dan Brown: This Videogame Makes You Smarter and Helps the Hungry: The FreeRice Phenomenon] Reference
That, presumably, is why he must 'abjure' this 'rough magic' by breaking his magical staff and drowning his book. From Wordnik.com. [Shakespeare]
Erard exclaimed that she must "abjure" or be burnt at once. From Wordnik.com. [The Story of Rouen] Reference
They abjure the policies that led to their suffering. From Wordnik.com. [How To Put The Pieces Together] Reference
The men of yonder village consent to abjure the worship of Apollo. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 2, No. 14, December 1858] Reference
Thus, ever in perplexity, I must abjure the theory of Byronic merit. From Wordnik.com. [Browning's Heroines] Reference
Every government official was obliged to abjure the special tenets of. From Wordnik.com. [Newfoundland and the Jingoes An Appeal to England's Honor] Reference
Then again I would abjure and despise Genoa, that little corner of the world. From Wordnik.com. [The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 1, April, 1851] Reference
Oh yes, I confess my errors, I abjure my pagan vanities, and my sultanic principles. From Wordnik.com. [French and Oriental Love in a Harem] Reference
But this rough magic, he informed them, he would abjure, after working his airy charms. From Wordnik.com. [The Mysteries of All Nations Rise and Progress of Superstition, Laws Against and Trials of Witches, Ancient and Modern Delusions Together With Strange Customs, Fables, and Tales] Reference
If he was found guilty of the offence a third time, he was compelled to abjure the City. From Wordnik.com. [The Customs of Old England] Reference
At first he was weak enough to abjure, but afterwards repented, and acknowledged the truth. From Wordnik.com. [Fox's Book of Martyrs Or A History of the Lives, Sufferings, and Triumphant Deaths of the Primitive Protestant Martyrs] Reference
After a long examination he was desired to abjure, which he refused without the least hesitation. From Wordnik.com. [Fox's Book of Martyrs Or A History of the Lives, Sufferings, and Triumphant Deaths of the Primitive Protestant Martyrs] Reference
If that is not a great poem, then I for one will abjure great poetry, and be content with the less. From Wordnik.com. [Personality in Literature] Reference
Galen wrote of the Pneumatists: "They would rather betray their country than abjure their opinions.". From Wordnik.com. [Outlines of Greek and Roman Medicine] Reference
After that were kindled the fires in which many bravely endured the worst rather than abjure the faith. From Wordnik.com. [The Vaudois of Piedmont A Visit to their Valleys] Reference
"Ah, do not abjure our past!" cried the young man; "the past which has remained so dear to me through all.". From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
When the fagots were piled up to his very neck, the duke of Bavaria was so officious as to desire him to abjure. From Wordnik.com. [Fox's Book of Martyrs Or A History of the Lives, Sufferings, and Triumphant Deaths of the Primitive Protestant Martyrs] Reference
Catholics, who compelled the Mussulmans to abjure their national faith by force, terror, and every other unworthy means. From Wordnik.com. [History of the Moors of Spain] Reference
The most enthusiastic lover of the sea must abjure his predilections, when brought to the ordeal of the steamer Champion. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 85, November, 1864] Reference
You need not abjure your faith; you need not sacrifice to the gods; you need not do anything whatever of which you disapprove. From Wordnik.com. [The Martyr of the Catacombs A Tale of Ancient Rome] Reference
But even whilst they deny and abjure, they are yet compelled to serve, the power which is seated on the throne of their own soul. From Wordnik.com. [English literary criticism] Reference
That on his refusing to abjure these heretical opinions, he was turned over to the inquisition, by whom he was finally condemned. From Wordnik.com. [Fox's Book of Martyrs Or A History of the Lives, Sufferings, and Triumphant Deaths of the Primitive Protestant Martyrs] Reference
City had caused a clause to be inserted in the Bill forbidding any one to engage in building operations who refused to abjure the Covenant. From Wordnik.com. [London and the Kingdom - Volume II] Reference
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