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 adjure you, by all which a man of honour holds most sacred, to quit England the moment your health will allow you to sail.
From Leonora by Edgeworth, Maria
At least he would speak to the Emmetts and adjure them to be cautious, for the sake of all concerned.
From My Lords of Strogue, Vol. I (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union by Wingfield, Lewis
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
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)
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