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
"Give 'em a prayer, parson," said he; "but be brief, I adjure you, for we must up anchor and be off."
From The Golden Galleon BEING A NARRATIVE OF THE ADVENTURES OF MASTER GILBERT OGLANDER, AND OF HOW, IN THE YEAR 1591, HE FOUGHT UNDER THE GALLANT SIR by Leighton, Robert
And they said, "We adjure you by Jesus whom Paul preacheth" to come out of this man.
From "Granny's Chapters" (on scriptural subjects) by Ross, Lady Mary
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
I solemnly adjure you to drop this idea.
From The Red Room by Strindberg, August
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