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
I adjure you, by all which a man of honour holds most sacred, to quit England the moment your health will allow you to sail.
From Leonora by Edgeworth, Maria
Lord King, I adjure thee, open the gates, open thy heart.
From Jeremiah A Drama in Nine Scenes by Zweig, Stefan
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
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 Browning, Elizabeth Barrett
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