adjure
verb (used with object)
to charge, bind, or command earnestly and solemnly, often under oath or the threat of a penalty.
adjures
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present tense formof adjure (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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"Let's not look like we're flying," she adjures, flapping her elbows.
From Time Magazine Archive
"For God's sake," adjures Frimbo, "get on a train!"
From Time Magazine Archive
The cardinals assist at Mass and receive holy communion from the hands of the Cardinal Dean, who solemnly adjures them to elect as pope him whom they believe to be the most worthy.
From Pope Pius the Tenth by F. A. (Frances Alice) Forbes
Above all, he adjures us when travelling never to omit to carry a hammer and nails, a crowbar, an iron pin or two, a large knife, and a bladder of grease.
From Travels through France and Italy by T. (Tobias) Smollett
The wall which overlooks them has an inscription that adjures the Canons to “bear with patience the north aspect of their cells.”
From Cathedrals and Cloisters of the South of France, Volume 1 by Elise Whitlock Rose
