verb
- past tense of adjure; to command or urge solemnly, especially under oath or penalty
Usage: formal; often legal or religious contexts
Examples
- The witness was adjured to tell the truth in court.
- The priest adjured the congregation to confess their sins.
- She adjured him by all that was sacred to keep his promise.
- The judge adjured the jury to consider only the evidence presented.
- He adjured his followers to remain faithful to their cause.
- The king adjured his knights to defend the realm with their lives.