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
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
If you care not for the happiness of one who would risk his life for yours, then do I adjure you, as you care for truth, to speak the truth!
From The White Gauntlet by Reid, Mayne
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
“You wouldn’t be homesick at all, Dot, if your imagination had the speed of your hoofs,” he leaned down to adjure his horse, after a habit formed on many a lonelier trail.
From Lonesome Town by Dorrance, Ethel
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