adjure
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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
Jeremiah, I adjure you, Leave me not again.
From Jeremiah A Drama in Nine Scenes by Zweig, Stefan
His duty was to admonish and exhort, to adjure his flock to quit the error of their ways.
From From the Easy Chair, series 2 by Curtis, George William
Write to him, my dearest, and adjure him not to hope.
From My Lords of Strogue Vol. III, (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union by Wingfield, Lewis
But whoever you are, whoever finds this paper, I beg of you, I implore you, I adjure you, do not tell a word of it to Dora.
From The Beckoning Hand and Other Stories by Allen, Grant
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