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  • verb Present participle of adjure.

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Examples

  • “Having lied for so long, the difficulty of that must be on the order of an alcoholic adjuring drink!”

    Shameless KAREN ROBARDS 2010

  • “Having lied for so long, the difficulty of that must be on the order of an alcoholic adjuring drink!”

    Shameless KAREN ROBARDS 2010

  • LOPEZ: Bush once again, criticized Congress for adjuring for the year without passing pending free trade agreements with individual countries.

    CNN Transcript Nov 23, 2008 2008

  • Soon, seeing that the girl was inclined to listen, she went on to tell her of her love to Don Sebastian, entreating and adjuring her, by the love which she bore the cacique, to pity and help her; and so won upon the girl, that she consented to be privy to

    Westward Ho! 2007

  • Quite A Few People that start contacting Congress daily, if not hourly, adjuring them to examine the error OF their ways and actually do something to bring the war to an end.

    What Will it Look Like After the Dems Declare they Refuse to Further Fund the War 2007

  • The Washington Post, demonstrating once again that no ignominy is excessive, brushed off Gonzo's critics and described his "lackluster performance" or the like, adjuring that there was nothing noteworthy in the firing, and moreover -- get this — that Clinton fired ninety some-odd attorneys, thereby -- I suppose -- trumping Chimp's record.

    America is Lost--and We Lost It 2007

  • Quite A Few People that start contacting Congress daily, if not hourly, adjuring them to examine the error OF their ways and actually do something to bring the war to an end.

    What Will it Look Like After the Dems Declare they Refuse to Further Fund the War 2007

  • Quite A Few People that start contacting Congress daily, if not hourly, adjuring them to examine the error OF their ways and actually do something to bring the war to an end.

    What Will it Look Like After the Dems Declare they Refuse to Further Fund the War 2007

  • Quite A Few People that start contacting Congress daily, if not hourly, adjuring them to examine the error OF their ways and actually do something to bring the war to an end.

    What Will it Look Like After the Dems Declare they Refuse to Further Fund the War 2007

  • They followed, and I stepped at once out of the box – door into my bedroom, where only Steerforth was with me, helping me to undress, and where I was by turns telling him that Agnes was my sister, and adjuring him to bring the corkscrew, that I might open another bottle of wine.

    David Copperfield 2007

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