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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"For God's sake," adjures Frimbo, "get on a train!"
From Time Magazine Archive
"Let's not look like we're flying," she adjures, flapping her elbows.
From Time Magazine Archive
Niecks, writing of the G major Nocturne, adjures us "not to tarry too long in the treacherous atmosphere of this Capua—it bewitches and unmans."
From Chopin : the Man and His Music by James Huneker
Caiaphas adjures Him by their common God to answer, Art thou the Christ, the Son of the Blessed?
From The Gospel According to St. Mark by G. A. Chadwick
"Madame has declared that henceforth she adjures all intrigue."
From The Master Mummer by E. Phillips (Edward Phillips) Oppenheim
