"adjure" meaning in English

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Verb

IPA: /ədˈdʒʊə/ [UK], /ədˈdʒɔː/ [UK], /ædˈd͡ʒʊɹ/ [US], /ədˈd͡ʒʊɹ/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vininn126-adjure.wav Forms: adjures [present, singular, third-person], adjuring [participle, present], adjured [participle, past], adjured [past]
Rhymes: -ʊə(ɹ) Etymology: From Middle English adjuren, from Latin adiūrō (“beg earnestly”), from ad- (“near, at; towards, to”)' + iūrō (“swear by oath”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*h₂yew-}}, {{inh|en|enm|adjuren}} Middle English adjuren, {{der|en|la|adiūrō||beg earnestly}} Latin adiūrō (“beg earnestly”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} 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. Tags: often, transitive Categories (topical): Law
    Sense id: en-adjure-en-verb-UIQoaq8a Topics: law
  2. (transitive) To earnestly appeal to or advise; to charge solemnly. Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Directives
    Sense id: en-adjure-en-verb-ZazTboyN Disambiguation of Directives: 9 91 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Terms with Bulgarian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 24 76 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 15 85 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 23 77

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