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)

“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

"Give 'em a prayer, parson," said he; "but be brief, I adjure you, for we must up anchor and be off."

From The Golden Galleon BEING A NARRATIVE OF THE ADVENTURES OF MASTER GILBERT OGLANDER, AND OF HOW, IN THE YEAR 1591, HE FOUGHT UNDER THE GALLANT SIR by Leighton, Robert

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