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

But whoever you are, whoever finds this paper, I beg of you, I implore you, I adjure you, do not tell a word of it to Dora.

From The Beckoning Hand and Other Stories by Allen, Grant

Then Caiaphas said—"I adjure thee by the living God that thou tell us whether thou be Christ, the Son of God."

From Ludicrous Aspects Of Christianity A Response To The Challenge Of The Bishop Of Manchester by Holyoak, Austin

Then the Syrian would solemnly adjure him, or threaten him if he were obstinate, and so drive him out.

From The Conflict of Religions in the Early Roman Empire by Glover, T. R. (Terrot Reaveley)

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