Adjure
21adjure — [ə dʒʊə, ə dʒɔ:] verb formal solemnly urge (someone) to do something. Derivatives adjuration noun adjuratory rət(ə)ri adjective Origin ME: from L. adjurare, from ad to + jurare swear …
22adjure — v. a. 1. Entreat (as if under oath), conjure, obtest, beseech, pray, supplicate, beg, implore, invoke, enjoin solemnly. 2. Swear by, invoke (by oath), take oath upon …
23adjure — verb (T) formal to try very hard to persuade someone to do something: Gwendolyn adjured him to be truthful …
24adjure — v 1. charge, order, command, direct, bid; bind, oblige, obligate, require; enjoin, prescribe, decree, ordain; compel, press, drive, push, propel, prod; exhort, demand, insist. 2. entreat, implore, beseech, importune, beg, plead; request, solicit …
25adjure — ad·jure …
26adjure — ad•jure [[t]əˈdʒʊər[/t]] v. t. jured, 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 • Etymology: 1350–1400; ME < L adjūrāre. See ad ,… …
27adjure — To command or require performance under oath; to entreat …
28adjure — v.tr. (usu. foll. by to + infin.) charge or request (a person) solemnly or earnestly, esp. under oath. Derivatives: adjuration n. adjuratory adj. Etymology: ME f. L adjurare (as AD , jurare swear) in LL sense put a person to an oath …
29abjure, adjure — These look alikes are often confused but can be kept straight by concentrating on their prefixes. Ab , a formal element occurring in loan words from Latin, means away from. Abjure suggests putting aside, renouncing, repudiating, giving up. Ad… …
30djure — adjure …
