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

I adjure you, in the name of the friendship you have up to this moment shown me, to explain yourself clearly.

From The Sword of Honor, volumes 1 & 2 or The Foundation of the French Republic, A Tale of The French Revolution by Sue, Eug?ne

Exorcise, eks′or-sīz, or eks-or′-, v.t. to adjure by some holy name: to call forth or drive away, as a spirit: to deliver from the influence of an evil spirit.—ns.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) by Various

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

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