adjure

adjure
    v 1: ask for or request earnestly; "The prophet bid all people
         to become good persons" [syn: {bid}, {beseech}, {entreat},
         {adjure}, {press}, {conjure}]
    2: command solemnly
    

Adjure \Ad*jure"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Adjured}; p. pr. & vb.
   n. {Adjuring}]. [L. adjurare, adjurdium, to swear to; later,
   to adjure: cf. F. adjurer. See {Jury}.]
   To charge, bind, or command, solemnly, as if under oath, or
   under the penalty of a curse; to appeal to in the most solemn
   or impressive manner; to entreat earnestly.
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         Joshua adjured them at that time, saying, Cursed be the
         man before the Lord, that riseth up and buildeth this
         city Jericho.                            --Josh. vi.
                                                  26.
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         The high priest . . . said . . . I adjure thee by the
         living God, that thou tell us whether thou be the
         Christ.                                  --Matt. xxvi.
                                                  63.
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         The commissioners adjured them not to let pass so
         favorable an opportunity of securing their liberties.
                                                  --Marshall.
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30 Moby Thesaurus words for "adjure":
      administer an oath, appeal, appeal to, beg, beseech, call for help,
      call on, call upon, clamor for, conjure, crave, cry for, cry on,
      cry to, entreat, impetrate, implore, imprecate, invoke, kneel to,
      obtest, plead, plead for, pray, put under oath, put upon oath,
      run to, supplicate, swear, swear in