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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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
But after Pierce was triumphantly elected, with a Democratic Congress to sustain him, the legislative calm which both parties had adjured in their platforms seemed favorable for pushing measures of local interest.
From Abraham Lincoln: a History — Volume 01 by John George Nicolay
Andor had adjured her to wait for him: and Elsa was still young—just sixteen when Andor went away.
From A Bride of the Plains by Emmuska Orczy, Baroness Orczy
"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
