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ad⋅jure

  [uh-joor]
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–verb (used with object), -jured, -jur⋅ing.
1. to charge, bind, or command earnestly and solemnly, often under oath or the threat of a penalty.
2. to entreat or request earnestly or solemnly.
Origin:
1350–1400; ME < L adjūrāre. See ad-, jury

Related forms:
ad⋅jur⋅a⋅to⋅ry  [uh-joor-uh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee] , adjective
ad⋅jur⋅er, ad⋅ju⋅ror, noun
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ad·jure   (ə-jŏŏr')   
tr.v.   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.


[Middle English adjuren, from Latin adiūrāre, to swear to : ad-, ad- + iūrāre, to swear; see yewes- in Indo-European roots.]
ad·jur'er, ad·ju'ror n.
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Word Origin & History

adjure 
1382, from L. adjurare "confirm by oath," from ad- "to" + jurare "swear," from jus (gen. juris) "law" (see jurist).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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