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 to consider what you are saying, and the possible consequences of such a promise!"
From Too Rich A Romance by Streckfuss, Adolph
I adjure thee by God, torment me not.
From A Harmony of the Gospels for Students of the Life of Christ Based on the Broadus Harmony in the Revised Version by Robertson, Archibald Thomas
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
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
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