See adjure in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"text": "[…] Caiaphas the high Prieſt adjureth him [Jesus] in the name of God, vvho is very God, euen the Sonne of God, vvhich ſhevves vvhat a ſmall account he makes of the name of God: for he did it onely to get aduantage on Chriſts vvords: and ſo doe many novve a-daies, vvho for a little profit or gaine make a matter of nothing to abuſe the name of God a thouſand vvaies.",
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"text": "And Joſhua adiured them at that time, ſaying, Curſed be the man before the Lord, that riſeth vp and buildeth this city Jericho: he ſhall lay the foundation therof in his firſt borne, and in his yongeſt ſonne ſhall hee ſet vp the gates of it.",
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"text": "[T]he vvoman ſet before the Sanctuary vvith her head uncover'd, vvas adjur'd by the Prieſt to ſvvear vvhether ſhe vvas fals or no; and conſtrain'd to drink that bitter vvater vvith an undoubted curſe of rottenneſſe, and tympany to follovv, unleſſe ſhe vvere innocent.",
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"text": "[I[t is tranſlated in our Bible, Thou curſeſt, […] or laſtly, as the LXX. verſion, according to the Alex. copy [Codex Alexandrinus of the Septuagint] has it, έξώρκισας, thou adjuredſt, or conjuredſt, and ſpakeſt of it in mine ears, &c. […] And this ſenſe is greatly favoured by the context, and appears moſt natural. Even one of Mr. H.’s friends renders it by Thou execratedſt, or adjuredſt me.",
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"ref": "1718, Homer, translated by Alexander Pope, “Book XV”, in The Iliad of Homer, volume IV, London: […] W[illiam] Bowyer, for Bernard Lintott […], →OCLC, page 197, lines 792–795:",
"text": "[…] Neſtor moſt / (The ſage Preſerver of the Grecian Hoſt) / Exhorts, adjures, to guard theſe utmoſt Shores; / And by their Parents, by themſelves, implores.",
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"ref": "1885, Thomas Hodgkin, “Belisarius”, in Italy and Her Invaders 476–535, volume III, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Clarendon Press, →OCLC, book IV (The Ostrogothic Invasion), page 685:",
"text": "Gelimer, […] harangued his troops, adjuring them to choose death rather than defeat, which involved slavery and the loss of all that made life delightful both for themselves and for these dear ones.",
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"text": "I adiure you ô daughters of Ieruſalem, by the roes, and the hartes of the fildes, that you rayſe not, nor make the beloued to avvake, vntil herſelfe vvil.",
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"text": "[H]ow thoroughly as with thy cheerful voice thou pleasantly adjurest Sam the hostler \"not to let him go yet,\" dost thou believe that quadruped desires to go, and would go if he might?",
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"text": "'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.",
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"text": "The Rabbis adjured her to endow the young man with his former virility, but she vehemently refused to do so.",
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"ref": "1664, Jeremy [Taylor], “The Church of Rome, as It is at this Day Disordered, Teaches Doctrines, and Uses Practises, which are in Themselves, or in Their True and Immediate Consequences, Direct Impieties, and Give Warranty to a Wicked Life”, in A Disswasive from Popery to the People of Ireland. […], Dublin: […] John Crooke, […], and are to be sold by Samuel Dancer, →OCLC, section X, page 138:",
"text": "The Prieſt ties his ſtole about the neck of the poſſeſſed vvith three knots, and ſays, […] I exorciſe you [evil spirits], and adjure you, and command you, by the povver I have, that you incontinently hear the vvords of my conjuring, and perceive your ſelves overcome, and command you not to depart vvithout licenſe, and ſo I bind you vvith this ſtole of jucundity; […]",
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"text": "The Prieſt ties his ſtole about the neck of the poſſeſſed vvith three knots, and ſays, […] I exorciſe you [evil spirits], and adjure you, and command you, by the povver I have, that you incontinently hear the vvords of my conjuring, and perceive your ſelves overcome, and command you not to depart vvithout licenſe, and ſo I bind you vvith this ſtole of jucundity; […]",
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"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
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"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
{
"rhymes": "-ʊə(ɹ)"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"lang_code": "fi",
"sense": "(transitive) to formally command or request (someone) to do something, either in the name of a deity, or to suffer a curse or punishment if they do not comply",
"topics": [
"biblical",
"religion",
"lifestyle"
],
"word": "vannottaa"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"lang_code": "ca",
"sense": "(transitive) to earnestly appeal to (someone, or a deity) (cognates) — see also appeal, entreat",
"word": "adjurar"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"lang_code": "fr",
"sense": "(transitive) to earnestly appeal to (someone, or a deity) (cognates) — see also appeal, entreat",
"word": "adjurer"
}
],
"word": "adjure"
}
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