adjure
Example Sentences
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This is because they not only bestow praise; they also adjure the congratulatee to continue the good work�or else.
From Time Magazine Archive
To "adjure" was to call upon a person to speak the truth in the Name of God.
From "Granny's Chapters" (on scriptural subjects) by Ross, Lady Mary
Then the Syrian would solemnly adjure him, or threaten him if he were obstinate, and so drive him out.
From The Conflict of Religions in the Early Roman Empire by Glover, T. R. (Terrot Reaveley)
If Adrienne would adjure her allegiance to the stage and banish all earthly thoughts, he would absolve her and would grant her the rite of Extreme Unction.
From Superwomen by Terhune, Albert Payson
To have to discuss, argue, explain, threaten, adjure, only in order to get back to the point from which nobody ought ever to have started, was the silliest of all silly necessities.
From The Pastor's Wife by Arnim, Elizabeth von
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