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
Jeremiah, I adjure you, Leave me not again.
From Jeremiah A Drama in Nine Scenes by Zweig, Stefan
I solemnly adjure you to drop this idea.
From The Red Room by Strindberg, August
Again the high priest asked him, and said unto him, I adjure thee by the living God, that thou tell us whether thou be the Christ, the Son of God, the Son of the Blessed?
From Walks and Words of Jesus A Paragraph Harmony of the Four Evangelists by Olmsted, M. N.
“Petrovitch, I adjure you!” said Akaki Akakievitch in an imploring tone, no longer hearing nor wishing to hear the tailor's words, “try to make this cloak last me a little longer.”
From The Mantle and Other Stories by Gogol, Nikolai Vasilievich
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