adjure

I speak to thee, the sophist, the talker-down Of scorn by scorn, the sinner against gods, The reverencer of men, the thief of fire,— I speak to thee and adjure thee!

From The Poetical Works of Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Vol. I by Elizabeth Barrett Browning

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 Lady Mary Ross

Jeremiah, I adjure you, Leave me not again.

From Jeremiah A Drama in Nine Scenes by Stefan Zweig

I adjure you, in the name of the friendship you have up to this moment shown me, to explain yourself clearly.

From The Sword of Honor, volumes 1 & 2 or The Foundation of the French Republic, A Tale of The French Revolution by Eug?ne Sue

At least he would speak to the Emmetts and adjure them to be cautious, for the sake of all concerned.

From My Lords of Strogue, Vol. I (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union by Lewis Wingfield

"For God's sake," adjures Frimbo, "get on a train!"

From Time Magazine Archive

"Let's not look like we're flying," she adjures, flapping her elbows.

From Time Magazine Archive

The poet now adjures the caverns, forests, flowers, fountains, and air, to 'cease to moan.'

From Adonais by Percy Bysshe Shelley

Felix summons Polyeuctes to an interview, and adjures him to be a prudent man.

From Classic French Course in English by William Cleaver Wilkinson

Once more he adjures her to deliver herself from the "shameful remains" of a passion which has taken too deep root.

From The World's Greatest Books — Volume 09 — Lives and Letters by Arthur Mee

One William McAndrew, writing in the November World's Work, adjured me to compose verses that, if memorized, would serve as a reminder to children to be careful when crossing the streets.

From Time Magazine Archive

Thus adjured the outraged New York Sun in 1893.

From Time Magazine Archive

He urgently adjured Premier Stanislaw Mikolajczyk to return to Poland to head the Polish Government, gave the London Poles a sharp reprimand for not having come to terms with Russia sooner.

From Time Magazine Archive

I adjured him for the last time voluntarily to abandon this madness.

From Time Magazine Archive

“Don’t knuckle down to them,” Jack adjured him.

From The Motor Girls in the Mountains or, The Gypsy Girl's Secret by Margaret Penrose

But before adjuring court, Orbus reminded Strauss-Kahn that the bail was not meant as a punishment, but to ensure that he appeared at the required hearings and did not flee justice.

From Time ● Jul. 1, 2011

For some 20 years he has been adjuring, adverting, advising his countrymen to discover in their fragmentary selves a Sense of the Whole.

From Time Magazine Archive

The classic manuals, written by starchy Englishmen and rock- ribbed Yankees, try to take all the fun out of writing, grimly adjuring the writer to avoid offbeat words, figures of speech, and playful alliteration.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker

But Cepheus left the hall, adjuring loud, The hospitable gods; justice; and faith; That he was guiltless of the sanguine fray.

From The Metamorphoses of Publius Ovidus Naso in English blank verse Vols. I & II by J. J. Howard

She felt as if she were breaking something to Farvie and adjuring him to bear it.

From The Prisoner by Alice Brown