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

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

From Old Celtic Romances by Unknown

"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

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

If Adrienne would adjure her allegiance to the stage and banish all earthly thoughts, he would absolve her and would grant her the rite of Extreme Unction.

From Superwomen by Terhune, Albert Payson