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ad·jure

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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

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ad·jur·a·to·ry

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ad·jur·er, ad·ju·ror, noun

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tr.v. ad·jured, ad·jur·ing, ad·jures

To command or enjoin solemnly, as under oath: "adjuring her in the name of God to declare the truth" (Increase Mather).
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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adjure

1382, from L. adjurare "confirm by oath," from ad- "to" + jurare "swear," from jus (gen. juris) "law" (see jurist).

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