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Meanings of adjure in English

Portuguese
rogar
Spanish
rogar

Ask for or request earnestly.

        rogar

        To humbly plead with someone for help or for a favor.

              Usage of adjure in English
              1
              Therefore in no way, apparently, is it lawful to adjure irrational creatures.
              Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) / Translated by ...
              2
              Now I adjure thee by our blessèd Lady to tell me truly.
              The White Ladies of Worcester: A Romance of the Twelfth Century
              3
              In my ancestor's name, I adjure and remind thee of thy pledge.
              Zanoni
              4
              Master, I adjure you, decide nothing till you have heard my oracles.
              The Eleven Comedies, Volume 1
              5
              I adjure you, Caroline, to lay this clearly before our dear brother.
              Evan Harrington — Volume 7
              6
              Discover, I adjure you, discover a way to save her from shipwreck.
              The Eleven Comedies, Volume 2
              7
              I adjure you in the name of love to hide nothing from me.
              The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Volume 1...
              8
              Objection 1: It would seem unlawful to adjure an irrational creature.
              Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) / Translated by ...
              9
              Therefore it is vain and unlawful to adjure an irrational creature.
              Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) / Translated by ...
              10
              Have pity, father, pity, I adjure you; you would not have him dead.
              The Eleven Comedies, Volume 2
              11
              All these did Kilwich, the son of Kilydd, adjure to obtain his boon.
              Bulfinch's Mythology
              12
              As you look forward to knighthood, I adjure you all on your honour.
              The House of Walderne / A Tale of the Cloister and the Forest in...
              13
              Be vomited, O poison, I adjure thee to come forth on the earth.
              Legends of the Gods / The Egyptian Texts, edited with Translatio...
              14
              There is a fearful chasm; but I adjure you to beware!
              Mathilda
              15
              Oh, in the name of Grace, I adjure you to live.
              His Sombre Rivals
              16
              I adjure you in the name of the gods, master, don't denounce us!
              The Eleven Comedies, Volume 1
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