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to adjure
01
to strongly and sincerely request something
Ditransitive: to adjure sb to do sth
Examples
In the face of a humanitarian crisis, the aid workers adjured the international community to provide urgent assistance.
02
to formally command someone to do something
Ditransitive: to adjure sb to do sth
Grammatical Information
Composition
derived
Action verb
Regular
Present tense
adjure
3rd person singular
adjures
Present participle
adjuring
Past simple
adjured
Past participle
adjured
Examples
The commanding officer adjured the soldiers to obey orders without hesitation.
Lexical Tree
adjuratory
adjure
