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

“You wouldn’t be homesick at all, Dot, if your imagination had the speed of your hoofs,” he leaned down to adjure his horse, after a habit formed on many a lonelier trail.

From Lonesome Town by Dorrance, Ethel

And they said, "We adjure you by Jesus whom Paul preacheth" to come out of this man.

From "Granny's Chapters" (on scriptural subjects) by Ross, Lady Mary

Then the Syrian would solemnly adjure him, or threaten him if he were obstinate, and so drive him out.

From The Conflict of Religions in the Early Roman Empire by Glover, T. R. (Terrot Reaveley)

Lord King, I adjure thee, open the gates, open thy heart.

From Jeremiah A Drama in Nine Scenes by Zweig, Stefan