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
Then Caiaphas said—"I adjure thee by the living God that thou tell us whether thou be Christ, the Son of God."
From Ludicrous Aspects Of Christianity A Response To The Challenge Of The Bishop Of Manchester by Holyoak, Austin
“You wouldn’t be homesick at all, Dot, if your imagination had the speed of your hoofs,” he leaned down to adjure his horse, after a habit formed on many a lonelier trail.
From Lonesome Town by Dorrance, Ethel
"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
Jeremiah, I adjure you, Leave me not again.
From Jeremiah A Drama in Nine Scenes by Zweig, Stefan
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