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Lord King, I adjure thee, open the gates, open thy heart.

From Jeremiah A Drama in Nine Scenes by Stefan Zweig

A secret, Albert," she replied, with much solemnity,--"a profound secret, which I adjure you not to reveal.

From The Alpine Fay A Romance by Elisabeth Buerstenbinder (AKA E. Werner)

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 Lewis Wingfield

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

I adjure you not to believe in that man.

From 'Midst the Wild Carpathians by M?r J?kai

"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

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

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

From French Classics by William Cleaver Wilkinson

When the mother leaves the house with her babe, she adjures the spirits to follow and to guard their ward.

From The Manóbos of Mindanáo Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume XXIII, First Memoir by John M. Garvan

"More and more," T.R. adjured Congress in 1902, "the increasing interdependence and complexity of international relations render it incumbent on all civilized and orderly powers to insist on the proper policing of the world."

From Time Magazine Archive

A Tokyo girl clerk adjured him: "Hatoyama-san, please be consistent in your austerity program."

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Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox, who has often adjured the press not to give away secrets, finally told correspondents why one of his own magazine articles let a cat out of a bag.

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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.

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“Cawl the dorg off, master,” adjured a thick, gruff voice, not untinged with trepidation.

From Dorrien of Cranston by Bertram Mitford

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

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

From The Prisoner by Alice Brown

And at this extreme advantage Persimmon Sneed and his raised adjuring forefinger seemed impossible to be gainsaid.

From The Mystery of Witch-Face Mountain and Other Stories by Mary Noailles Murfree