See also: adjuré

English

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Etymology

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From Middle English adjuren, from Latin adiūrō (beg earnestly), from ad- (near, at; towards, to)' + iūrō (swear by oath).

Pronunciation

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  • (UK) IPA(key): /ədˈdʒʊə/, /ədˈdʒɔː/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ædˈd͡ʒʊɹ/, /ədˈd͡ʒʊɹ/
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  • Rhymes: -ʊə(ɹ)

Verb

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adjure (third-person singular simple present adjures, present participle adjuring, simple past and past participle adjured)

  1. (transitive, often law) To issue a formal command.
  2. (transitive) To earnestly appeal to or advise; to charge solemnly.
    Party members are adjured to promote awareness of this problem.
    • 1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC:
      `Then tell to me, and this great company, the tale whereof I have heard.' Thus adjured, I, in as few words as I could, related the history of the cannibal feast, and of the attempted torture of our poor servant.
    • 1936, Rollo Ahmed, The Black Art, London: Long, page 50:
      The Rabbis adjured her to endow the young man with his former virility, but she vehemently refused to do so.

Usage notes

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Not to be confused with abjure.

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French

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Verb

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adjure

  1. inflection of adjurer:
    1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
    2. second-person singular imperative