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
Again the high priest asked him, and said unto him, I adjure thee by the living God, that thou tell us whether thou be the Christ, the Son of God, the Son of the Blessed?
From Walks and Words of Jesus A Paragraph Harmony of the Four Evangelists by Olmsted, M. N.
I adjure thee by God, torment me not.
From A Harmony of the Gospels for Students of the Life of Christ Based on the Broadus Harmony in the Revised Version by Robertson, Archibald Thomas
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
Exorcise, eks′or-sīz, or eks-or′-, v.t. to adjure by some holy name: to call forth or drive away, as a spirit: to deliver from the influence of an evil spirit.—ns.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) by Various
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