adjure
verb (used with object)
to charge, bind, or command earnestly and solemnly, often under oath or the threat of a penalty.
had adjured
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past perfectof adjure.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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Susy had adjured her, with absolute tears starting to her black eyes, to keep the whole thing a secret.
From The Little Princess of Tower Hill by L. T. Meade
“Above all things,” Daniel Webster had adjured Lord Shaftesbury, “resist to the very last the introduction of the ballot; for as a republican, I tell you that the ballot can never co-exist with monarchical institutions.”
From The Life of William Ewart Gladstone (Vol 2 of 3) by John Morley
"But you had adjured me with frightful solemnity never to mention his name again," said her father, still laughing.
From Barriers Burned Away by Edward Payson Roe
Just how she'd take up the fight again for the great thing Portia had adjured her not to miss, she didn't know.
From The Real Adventure by Raymond Moreau Crosby
There was pride of possession in Bud's tone, and a kind of triumph over the minister, albeit Bud had adjured Sunday-school since his early infancy.
From A Voice in the Wilderness by Grace Livingston Hill
