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

Jeremiah, I adjure you, Leave me not again.

From Jeremiah A Drama in Nine Scenes by Zweig, Stefan

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

"Give 'em a prayer, parson," said he; "but be brief, I adjure you, for we must up anchor and be off."

From The Golden Galleon BEING A NARRATIVE OF THE ADVENTURES OF MASTER GILBERT OGLANDER, AND OF HOW, IN THE YEAR 1591, HE FOUGHT UNDER THE GALLANT SIR by Leighton, Robert

“Petrovitch, I adjure you!” said Akaki Akakievitch in an imploring tone, no longer hearing nor wishing to hear the tailor's words, “try to make this cloak last me a little longer.”

From The Mantle and Other Stories by Gogol, Nikolai Vasilievich