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adjure


verb (used with object), ad·jured, ad·jur·ing.

  1. to charge, bind, or command earnestly and solemnly, often under oath or the threat of a penalty.
  2. to entreat or request earnestly or solemnly.

verb (tr)

  1. to command, often by exacting an oath; charge
  2. to appeal earnestly to
v.

late 14c., “to bind by oath; to question under oath,” from Latin adiurare “confirm by oath, add an oath, to swear to in addition,” in Late Latin “to put (someone) to an oath,” from ad- “to” (see ad-) + iurare “swear,” from ius (genitive iuris) “law” (see jurist). Related: Adjured; adjuring.

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