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   adjure

   /əˈdʒʊə/

   verb

   • 1. urge or request (someone) solemnly or earnestly to do something: formal "I adjure you to tell me the truth"

   Word Origin late Middle English (in the sense ‘put a person on oath’): from Latin adjurare, from ad- ‘to’ + jurare ‘swear’ (from jus, jur- ‘oath’).

   Derivatives

   • 1. adjuration noun
   • 2. adjuratory adjective

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   What does adjure mean in English?

   • In English, “to adjure” can mean to command someone as if under oath or the penalty of a curse, but the word is more commonly used in the sense of “to urge or advise earnestly,” and is synonymous with the somewhat more familiar verbs entreat, importune, and implore. beg, entreat, beseech, implore, supplicate, adjure, importune mean to ask urgently.

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   What is the meaning of adjuration?

   • The meaning of adjuration is an earnest appeal, often under oath or with a penalty for not complying. [According to Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, 1913: 'Adjuration (?) \(from adjurare\) is the act of adjuring; an solemn charging on oath or under the penalty of a curse.']

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   What does ad jured mean?

   • v.t. -jured, -jur•ing. 1. to charge, bind, or command earnestly and solemnly, often under oath or the threat of a penalty. 2. to entreat or request earnestly or solemnly. [1350–1400; Middle English < Latin adjūrāre. See ad -, jury 1] ad•ju•ra•tion (ˌædʒ ʊˈreɪ ʃən) n. ad•jur′er, ad•ju′ror, n.

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   What is the difference between entreat and adjure?

   • entreat The banners entreated the government to release the prisoners. adjure The gospel adjures us to love one another. Thus adjured, however difficult the point to which she brought him, the sculptor was not a man to swerve aside from the simple truth.

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   Should we adjure local authorities?

   • That is one of the old superstitions all who have followed political science have long since adjured. To ask us to adjure the local authorities to do that is to ask us to do something which in many cases would be absurd. In these debates one is always adjured not to be carried away by sentiment.

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   to ask or order someone to do something: The judge adjured him to answer truthfully. Synonyms. beseech old use or literary. entreat. Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples. to beg for something or beg someone to do something. beg He begged her to stay, but she wouldn't listen.

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   2 meanings: 1. to command, often by exacting an oath; charge 2. to appeal earnestly to.... Click for more definitions.

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   to ask or order someone to do something: The judge adjured him to answer truthfully. Synonyms. beseech old use or literary. entreat. Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples. to beg for something or beg someone to do something. beg He begged her to stay, but she wouldn't listen. implore I implore you to change your mind.

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   adjure. to charge or command earnestly, often under the threat of a penalty; to entreat solemnly: to adjure the witness to tell the truth. Not to be confused with: abjure – repudiate, recant, or retract; to renounce under oath, forswear: abjure allegiance; abjure a confession.

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