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adjure

verb
/ədˈdʒʊə/UK/ædˈd͡ʒʊɹ/US

Etymology

From Middle English adjuren, from Latin adiūrō (“beg earnestly”), from ad- (“near, at; towards, to”)' + iūrō (“swear by oath”).

  1. derived from adiūrō
  2. inherited from adjuren

Definitions

  1. To issue a formal command.

  2. To earnestly appeal to or advise

    To earnestly appeal to or advise; to charge solemnly.

    • Party members are adjured to promote awareness of this problem.
    • `Then tell to me, and this great company, the tale whereof I have heard.' Thus adjured, I, in as few words as I could, related the history of the cannibal feast, and of the attempted torture of our poor servant.
    • The Rabbis adjured her to endow the young man with his former virility, but she vehemently refused to do so.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA