Definition of adjure in English:

adjure

verb əˈdʒʊəəˈdʒɔːəˈdʒʊr

formal

with object and infinitive Urge or request (someone) solemnly or earnestly to do something.
〈正式〉恳请，祈求
I adjure you to tell me the truth
我恳请你告诉我真相。
Example sentencesExamples
- Fortuna bid her goodnight, adjured her to behave and clasped her hand and kissed it before she made her way back to the inn.
- When the High Priest said, ‘I adjure you by the living God, tell us if you are the Christ the Son of the living God ‘, Jesus replied, ‘You have said so.’
- Some thirty-five years ago, when I was a newcomer to the United States, an American friend adjured me to respect the meaning of the word as humbug and not to confuse it with the word for nonsense.
- Before the start of my first day here, a representative from the Ontario Teachers' Federation flagged down a group of us and adjured us to refuse to mark the test.
- He adjures her to ‘do something else, outside yourself.’
- So, I adjure you to continue to publish - dare I say expand - your coverage of discontinued models, whether or not they are considered ‘classic.’
- In words that echo Amos, Hosea, and Isaiah, the people are adjured to ‘do justice, love kindness, and walk humbly’ with their God.
- I adjure you to drop whatever vulgar habits you may have learned before you meet your husband.
- Rather, Jesus adjures them to seek a heavenly treasure that, although it cannot be grasped or understood by the usual human standards of success, is nonetheless indestructible.
- It is in this light that Romans 13 adjures people to obey the powers that be.
- So, while, in his summing up, the Judge adjured the jury to ‘use your common sense, neither he nor the jury showed much of that vital commodity.’
Synonyms
urge, encourage, try to persuade, admonish, press, prompt, prod, goad, egg on, spur, push, pressure, put pressure on, use pressure on, pressurize, lean on

Derivatives

adjuration

noun adʒʊˈreɪʃ(ə)nˌædʒəˈreɪʃ(ə)n

formal

Now, various complaints and adjurations were made by the letter-writers.
Example sentencesExamples
- The poem ends with an adjuration to the young to repair home from worldly vanity and to place their trust, not in unstable fortune as Troilus did, but in God.
- Perhaps the adjurations are against confining the remedial provisions by reference to common law doctrines and limitations.
- Moreover, the effect of the Master's adjurations seems in fact to be that Calverley has abandoned any thoughts of Christianity at all, since he immediately invokes the conspicuously pagan concept of Fate.

adjuratory

adjective adʒʊˈrət(ə)ri

formal

The emphasis will be on legislative, adjuratory and general policy-making process of administrative agencies.
Example sentencesExamples
- Conciliation is a consensual process where litigation and arbitration are adjuratory processes in which parties have no control on the outcome of the dispute or the process.
- There is a certain degree of grumpiness to the vocals, and yet they sound adjuratory.

Origin

Late Middle English (in the sense 'put a person on oath'): from Latin adjurare, from ad- 'to' + jurare 'swear' (from jus, jur- 'oath').

Rhymes

abjure, allure, amour, assure, Bahawalpur, boor, Borobudur, Cavour, coiffure, conjure, couture, cure, dastur, de nos jours, doublure, dour, embouchure, endure, ensure, enure, gravure, immature, immure, impure, inure, Jaipur, Koh-i-noor, Kultur, liqueur, lure, manure, moor, Moore, Muir, mure, Nagpur, Namur, obscure, parkour, photogravure, plat du jour, Pompadour, procure, pure, rotogravure, Ruhr, Saussure, secure, simon-pure, spoor, Stour, sure, tour, Tours, velour, Yom Kippur, you're

Definition of adjure in US English:

adjure

verbəˈjo͝orəˈdʒʊr

formal

with object and infinitive Urge or request (someone) solemnly or earnestly to do something.
〈正式〉恳请，祈求
I adjure you to tell me the truth
我恳请你告诉我真相。
Example sentencesExamples
- So, I adjure you to continue to publish - dare I say expand - your coverage of discontinued models, whether or not they are considered ‘classic.’
- Before the start of my first day here, a representative from the Ontario Teachers' Federation flagged down a group of us and adjured us to refuse to mark the test.
- Some thirty-five years ago, when I was a newcomer to the United States, an American friend adjured me to respect the meaning of the word as humbug and not to confuse it with the word for nonsense.
- He adjures her to ‘do something else, outside yourself.’
- I adjure you to drop whatever vulgar habits you may have learned before you meet your husband.
- So, while, in his summing up, the Judge adjured the jury to ‘use your common sense, neither he nor the jury showed much of that vital commodity.’
- In words that echo Amos, Hosea, and Isaiah, the people are adjured to ‘do justice, love kindness, and walk humbly’ with their God.
- When the High Priest said, ‘I adjure you by the living God, tell us if you are the Christ the Son of the living God ‘, Jesus replied, ‘You have said so.’
- Fortuna bid her goodnight, adjured her to behave and clasped her hand and kissed it before she made her way back to the inn.
- It is in this light that Romans 13 adjures people to obey the powers that be.
- Rather, Jesus adjures them to seek a heavenly treasure that, although it cannot be grasped or understood by the usual human standards of success, is nonetheless indestructible.
Synonyms
urge, encourage, try to persuade, admonish, press, prompt, prod, goad, egg on, spur, push, pressure, put pressure on, use pressure on, pressurize, lean on

Origin

Late Middle English (in the sense ‘put a person on oath’): from Latin adjurare, from ad- ‘to’ + jurare ‘swear’ (from jus, jur- ‘oath’).

词汇	adjure
释义	Definition of adjure in English: adjure verb əˈdʒʊəəˈdʒɔːəˈdʒʊr formal with object and infinitive Urge or request (someone) solemnly or earnestly to do something. 〈正式〉恳请，祈求 I adjure you to tell me the truth 我恳请你告诉我真相。 Example sentencesExamples Fortuna bid her goodnight, adjured her to behave and clasped her hand and kissed it before she made her way back to the inn. When the High Priest said, ‘I adjure you by the living God, tell us if you are the Christ the Son of the living God ‘, Jesus replied, ‘You have said so.’ Some thirty-five years ago, when I was a newcomer to the United States, an American friend adjured me to respect the meaning of the word as humbug and not to confuse it with the word for nonsense. Before the start of my first day here, a representative from the Ontario Teachers' Federation flagged down a group of us and adjured us to refuse to mark the test. He adjures her to ‘do something else, outside yourself.’ So, I adjure you to continue to publish - dare I say expand - your coverage of discontinued models, whether or not they are considered ‘classic.’ In words that echo Amos, Hosea, and Isaiah, the people are adjured to ‘do justice, love kindness, and walk humbly’ with their God. I adjure you to drop whatever vulgar habits you may have learned before you meet your husband. Rather, Jesus adjures them to seek a heavenly treasure that, although it cannot be grasped or understood by the usual human standards of success, is nonetheless indestructible. It is in this light that Romans 13 adjures people to obey the powers that be. So, while, in his summing up, the Judge adjured the jury to ‘use your common sense, neither he nor the jury showed much of that vital commodity.’ Synonyms urge, encourage, try to persuade, admonish, press, prompt, prod, goad, egg on, spur, push, pressure, put pressure on, use pressure on, pressurize, lean on Derivatives adjuration noun adʒʊˈreɪʃ(ə)nˌædʒəˈreɪʃ(ə)n formal Now, various complaints and adjurations were made by the letter-writers. Example sentencesExamples The poem ends with an adjuration to the young to repair home from worldly vanity and to place their trust, not in unstable fortune as Troilus did, but in God. Perhaps the adjurations are against confining the remedial provisions by reference to common law doctrines and limitations. Moreover, the effect of the Master's adjurations seems in fact to be that Calverley has abandoned any thoughts of Christianity at all, since he immediately invokes the conspicuously pagan concept of Fate. adjuratory adjective adʒʊˈrət(ə)ri formal The emphasis will be on legislative, adjuratory and general policy-making process of administrative agencies. Example sentencesExamples Conciliation is a consensual process where litigation and arbitration are adjuratory processes in which parties have no control on the outcome of the dispute or the process. There is a certain degree of grumpiness to the vocals, and yet they sound adjuratory. Origin Late Middle English (in the sense 'put a person on oath'): from Latin adjurare, from ad- 'to' + jurare 'swear' (from jus, jur- 'oath'). Rhymes abjure, allure, amour, assure, Bahawalpur, boor, Borobudur, Cavour, coiffure, conjure, couture, cure, dastur, de nos jours, doublure, dour, embouchure, endure, ensure, enure, gravure, immature, immure, impure, inure, Jaipur, Koh-i-noor, Kultur, liqueur, lure, manure, moor, Moore, Muir, mure, Nagpur, Namur, obscure, parkour, photogravure, plat du jour, Pompadour, procure, pure, rotogravure, Ruhr, Saussure, secure, simon-pure, spoor, Stour, sure, tour, Tours, velour, Yom Kippur, you're Definition of adjure in US English: adjure verbəˈjo͝orəˈdʒʊr formal with object and infinitive Urge or request (someone) solemnly or earnestly to do something. 〈正式〉恳请，祈求 I adjure you to tell me the truth 我恳请你告诉我真相。 Example sentencesExamples So, I adjure you to continue to publish - dare I say expand - your coverage of discontinued models, whether or not they are considered ‘classic.’ Before the start of my first day here, a representative from the Ontario Teachers' Federation flagged down a group of us and adjured us to refuse to mark the test. Some thirty-five years ago, when I was a newcomer to the United States, an American friend adjured me to respect the meaning of the word as humbug and not to confuse it with the word for nonsense. He adjures her to ‘do something else, outside yourself.’ I adjure you to drop whatever vulgar habits you may have learned before you meet your husband. So, while, in his summing up, the Judge adjured the jury to ‘use your common sense, neither he nor the jury showed much of that vital commodity.’ In words that echo Amos, Hosea, and Isaiah, the people are adjured to ‘do justice, love kindness, and walk humbly’ with their God. When the High Priest said, ‘I adjure you by the living God, tell us if you are the Christ the Son of the living God ‘, Jesus replied, ‘You have said so.’ Fortuna bid her goodnight, adjured her to behave and clasped her hand and kissed it before she made her way back to the inn. It is in this light that Romans 13 adjures people to obey the powers that be. Rather, Jesus adjures them to seek a heavenly treasure that, although it cannot be grasped or understood by the usual human standards of success, is nonetheless indestructible. Synonyms urge, encourage, try to persuade, admonish, press, prompt, prod, goad, egg on, spur, push, pressure, put pressure on, use pressure on, pressurize, lean on Origin Late Middle English (in the sense ‘put a person on oath’): from Latin adjurare, from ad- ‘to’ + jurare ‘swear’ (from jus, jur- ‘oath’).
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