Inflected forms: ad·jured, ad·jur·ing, ad·jures 1. To command or enjoin solemnly, as under oath: “adjuring her in the name of God to declare the truth” (Increase Mather). 2. To appeal to or entreat earnestly.
ETYMOLOGY:
Middle English adjuren, from Latin adirre, to swear to : ad-, ad- + irre, to swear; see yewes- in Appendix I.
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