adjure

The definition of adjure means to firmly tell someone to do something or to strongly ask someone to do something.

(verb)

When a mother orders a child to go to his room now, that is an example of adjure.
To plead with someone is an example of adjure.

See adjure in Webster's New World College Dictionary

transitive verb adjured, adjuring

Origin: ME adjuren < L adjurare < ad-, to + jurare: see jury

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See adjure in American Heritage Dictionary 4

transitive verb ad·jured, ad·jur·ing, ad·jures

To command or enjoin solemnly, as under oath: “adjuring her in the name of God to declare the truth” (Increase Mather).
To appeal to or entreat earnestly.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English adjuren

Origin: , from Latin adiūrāre, to swear to

Origin: : ad-, ad-

Origin: + iūrāre, to swear; see yewes- in Indo-European roots

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