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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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Adjure

Ad*jure"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Adjured; p. pr. & vb. n. Adjuring]. [L. adjurare, adjurdium, to swear to; later, to adjure: cf. F. adjurer. See Jury.] To charge, bind, or command, solemnly, as if under oath, or under the penalty of a curse; to appeal to in the most solemn or impressive manner; to entreat earnestly.

Joshua adjured them at that time, saying, Cursed be the man before the Lord, that riseth up and buildeth this city Jericho. --Josh. vi. 26.

The high priest . . . said . . . I adjure thee by the living God, that thou tell us whether thou be the Christ. --Matt. xxvi. 63.

The commissioners adjured them not to let pass so favorable an opportunity of securing their liberties. --Marshall.
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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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