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But, a day or two afterwards, he told me that, on hearing my name, Mr. Gisborne had declined responding to any advances on my part, saying he had adjured his country, and hated his countrymen.

From The Poor Clare by Gaskell, Elizabeth Cleghorn

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 Meade, L. T.

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 Orczy, Emmuska Orczy, Baroness

"But you had adjured me with frightful solemnity never to mention his name again," said her father, still laughing.

From Barriers Burned Away by Roe, Edward Payson

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 Crosby, Raymond Moreau