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
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)
I adjure you not to believe in that man.
From 'Midst the Wild Carpathians by J?kai, M?r
His duty was to admonish and exhort, to adjure his flock to quit the error of their ways.
From From the Easy Chair, series 2 by Curtis, George William
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
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