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adjure
vt. 起誓,恳请,恳求 起誓,恳请,恳求 adjure v 1: ask for or request earnestly; " The prophet bid all people to become good persons" [ synonym: { bid}, { beseech}, { entreat}, { adjure}, { press}, { conjure}] 2: command solemnlyAdjure \ 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. [ 1913 Webster] 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. [ 1913 Webster] The high priest . . . said . . . I adjure thee by the living God, that thou tell us whether thou be the Christ. -- Matt. xxvi. 63. [ 1913 Webster] The commissioners adjured them not to let pass so favorable an opportunity of securing their liberties. -- Marshall. [ 1913 Webster] 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
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