adjure
verb (used with object)
to charge, bind, or command earnestly and solemnly, often under oath or the threat of a penalty.
adjuring
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present participleof adjure.present participle
A verb form that is used in progressive verb constructions and may also function as a modifier or a gerund.
Example Sentences
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But before adjuring court, Orbus reminded Strauss-Kahn that the bail was not meant as a punishment, but to ensure that he appeared at the required hearings and did not flee justice.
From Time ● Jul. 1, 2011
For some 20 years he has been adjuring, adverting, advising his countrymen to discover in their fragmentary selves a Sense of the Whole.
From Time Magazine Archive
The classic manuals, written by starchy Englishmen and rock- ribbed Yankees, try to take all the fun out of writing, grimly adjuring the writer to avoid offbeat words, figures of speech, and playful alliteration.
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
They distinctly saw Marianna at the window, and heard Pasquale adjuring her, in the most honeyed terms, not to expose herself to the night air.
From The Serapion Brethren. Vol. II by Ernst Theordor Wilhelm Hoffmann
And all the time Jeff was tugging madly at John Hatch's arm, adjuring him to wake and meet the peril.
From Hoof and Claw by Sir Charles George Douglas Roberts
