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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.

Synonyms
Examples for "implore"
Examples for "implore"
1
I implore you, Mr President, to imagine being an ordinary South African.
The South African
2
I implore you to be careful and not to endanger your future.
The Lives of Christopher Chant
3
Guard them jealously; in nothing, I implore you, act without their sanction.
Hellenica
4
No ceremony, I implore you; let us go quickly into the house.
Amphitryon
5
We should implore the North to relieve us of them, in part.
The Sable Cloud: A Southern Tale With Northern Comments (1861)
1
And Benis Spence was not a man who would beg or importune.
The Window-Gazer
2
He continued to importune me for two years and a half.
The Autobiography of Madame Guyon
3
A man of honor ceases to importune a woman after such an avowal.
Joseph II. and His Court: An Historical Novel
4
At last, seeing my unconquerable repugnance, he ceased to importune me.
Typee: A Romance of the South Seas
5
I must obey you at the city gate; but I will importune you here.
The Hour and the Man, An Historical Romance
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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