adjure

adjure
I verb administer an oath, affirm, appeal to, ask, attest, beseech, bid, bind, call, charge, command, conjure, declare, enjoin, entreat, enunciate, exhort, express, formulate, implore, imprecate, petition, plead, pray, prescribe, press, pressure, promise, pronounce, request, require, set down, solicit, state, swear, swear by, swear in, take a pledge, take oath on, urge, witness to II index attest, bear (adduce), call (appeal to), command, direct (order), exhort, importune, motivate, order, petition, pray, press (beseech), pressure, promise (vow), request, swear, urge

Burton's Legal Thesaurus. . 2006


adjure
v.
1 To earnestly and solemnly bind, charge, or command. Frequently, persons who are adjured are placed under oath or a threat of penalty. For example, juries are adjured to consider only the evidence presented at trial as they attempt to reach a verdict in an action.
2 To earnestly and solemnly entreat or request.

Webster's New World Law Dictionary. . 2000.

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Synonyms:
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  • adjuré — adjuré, ée (a dju ré, rée) part. passé. Adjuré de dire ce qu il savait …   Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré

  • adjure — (v.) late 14c., to bind by oath; to question under oath, from L. adjurare confirm by oath, add an oath, to swear to in addition, in L.L. to put (someone) to an oath, from ad to (see AD (Cf. ad )) + jurare swear, from jus (gen. juris) law (see… …   Etymology dictionary

  • adjure — entreat, *beg, beseech, implore, importune, supplicate Analogous words: pray, plead, appeal (see under PRAYER): request, *ask: bid, enjoin, charge, *command …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • adjure — [v] command beseech, charge, entreat, implore, obligate, order, require, supplicate; concept 53 …   New thesaurus

  • adjure — ► VERB formal ▪ solemnly urge to do something. ORIGIN Latin adjurare, from ad to + jurare swear …   English terms dictionary

  • adjure — [ə joor′] vt. adjured, adjuring [ME adjuren < L adjurare < ad , to + jurare: see JURY1] 1. to command or charge solemnly, often under oath or penalty 2. to entreat solemnly; appeal to earnestly adjuratory [ad joor′ə tôr΄ē; a joor′ə tôr΄ē, ə …   English World dictionary

  • adjure — v. (formal) (H) to adjure smb. to tell the truth * * * [ə dʒʊə] (formal) (H) to adjure smb. to tell the truth …   Combinatory dictionary

  • adjure — abjure, adjure Abjure means ‘to renounce on oath’ • (He had abjured, he thought, all superstitions Iris Murdoch, 1985) and to abjure one s country (or realm) is to swear to abandon it for ever. It is also used in the weakened sense ‘to renounce’… …   Modern English usage

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