adjure
verb (used with object)
to charge, bind, or command earnestly and solemnly, often under oath or the threat of a penalty.
adjured
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past participleof adjure.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof adjure.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
adjureverb (used with object)to charge, bind, or command earnestly and solemnly, often under oath or the threat of a penalty.
Example Sentences
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A Tokyo girl clerk adjured him: "Hatoyama-san, please be consistent in your austerity program."
From Time Magazine Archive
I adjured him for the last time voluntarily to abandon this madness.
From Time Magazine Archive
"More and more," T.R. adjured Congress in 1902, "the increasing interdependence and complexity of international relations render it incumbent on all civilized and orderly powers to insist on the proper policing of the world."
From Time Magazine Archive
Thus adjured the outraged New York Sun in 1893.
From Time Magazine Archive
He turned to the prince then, and in the most feeling words adjured him not to reject the baton of command and not to hesitate to save the country.
From With Fire and Sword An Historical Novel of Poland and Russia. by Henryk Sienkiewicz
