forsworn

• Nay, then I am provok'd tho I spoil all Aside And is a Whore a thing so much despis'd Turn back, thou false forsworn-- turn back, and blush at thy mistaken folly He stands amaz'd Beau. —  The Works of Aphra Behn, Volume I
• And scarce a night have I closed an eye without dreaming it all, and finding myself bringing evil on her, till I deemed 'twere better I never saw her more, and left her to think of me as a forsworn runagate rather than see her wedded only to be flouted--and maybe--do worse Poor lad!" —  The Armourer's Prentices
• "Act!"--with all the contempt that could be centered in such a short expression--"yes, he'll act like a forsworn and traitorous coward, the friend to thieves that he's always been! —  Trail's End
• The importance of that encouragement, to Basil's imagination, was doubtless much augmented by his desire for an excuse to take up again a line of behaviour which he had forsworn (small as had, as yet, been his opportunity to indulge in it) very much less than he supposed; still, it worked an appreciable revolution in his view of his case, and made him ask himself what amount of consideration he should (from the most refined Southern point of view) owe Miss Chancellor in the event of his deciding to go after Verena Tarrant in earnest. —  The Bostonians, Vol. II (of II)
• Through their example private property was forsworn, and community of possession became prominently put forward as being more in accordance with the spirit of Christ, who had lived with His Apostles, it was declared, out of the proceeds of a common purse. —  Mediaeval Socialism

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