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 put you under gesa" means, I adjure you solemnly, so solemnly that you dare not disobey.

From Old Celtic Romances by Unknown

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

In the Song of Songs, after the ecstatic praise of the beloved, the question is asked:— "What is thy beloved more than any other beloved, that thou dost so adjure us?"

From The Gentle Reader by Crothers, Samuel McChord

If you care not for the happiness of one who would risk his life for yours, then do I adjure you, as you care for truth, to speak the truth!

From The White Gauntlet by Reid, Mayne