adjure

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

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  1. Middle English adjuren, from Latin adiūrāre, to swear to : ad-, ad- + iūrāre, to swear; see yewes- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. from Middle English adjuren, from Latin adjurare, swear to, adjure, from ad, to, + jurare, swear: see jurat. Cf. abjure, conjure, and perjure.
 

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