adjure
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adjure
- /əˈd͡ʒʊə/ UK
- /-d͡ʒɔː/ UK
- /əˈd͡ʒʊ(ə)ɹ/ US
- /æ-/ US
Rhymes with -ʊə(ɹ)
Where it comes from
From Late Middle English adjuren (“to bind (oneself or someone) by oath to do something; to entreat or implore (someone); to question (someone) under oath”), from Anglo-Norman adjurer, Middle French adjurer, and Old French ajurer (“to bind (oneself or someone) under oath; to entreat or implore (someone)”) (modern French adjurer), and from their etymon Latin adiūrāre, the present active infinitive of adiūrō (“to take an oath”) (whence Late Latin adiūrō (“to entreat or implore (someone); to conjure; to exorcize”)), from ad- (prefix meaning ‘to, towards’, or having an intensifying effect) + iūrō (“to confirm formally; to take an oath”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂yew- (“(adjective) straight; upright; (noun) justice, right; law”)).
cognates
* Italian adiurare
* Old Occitan ajurar
* Spanish ajurar (archaic), adjurar
verb adjures · adjuring · adjured · adjure
- To formally command or request (someone) to do something, either in the name of a deity, or to suffer a curse or punishment if they do not comply; to bind (someone) under oath; to charge. […] Caiaphas the high Prieſt adjureth him [Jesus] in the name of God, vvho is very God, euen the Sonne of God, vvhich ſhevves vvhat a ſmall account he makes of the name of God: for he did it onely to get aduantage on Chriſts vvords: and ſo doe many novve a-daies, vvho for a little profit or gaine ma
- To earnestly advise or urge (someone); to exhort. Party members are adjured to promote awareness of this problem.
- To earnestly appeal to (someone, or a deity); to entreat, to implore. I adiure you ô daughters of Ieruſalem, by the roes, and the hartes of the fildes, that you rayſe not, nor make the beloued to avvake, vntil herſelfe vvil.
- To summon (the Devil or an evil spirit); to invoke; also, to exorcize (the Devil or an evil spirit). The Prieſt ties his ſtole about the neck of the poſſeſſed vvith three knots, and ſays, […] I exorciſe you [evil spirits], and adjure you, and command you, by the povver I have, that you incontinently hear the vvords of my conjuring, and perceive your ſelves overcome, and command you not to depart vv
- To summon the Devil or an evil spirit; also, to exorcize the Devil or an evil spirit. His daily exerciſe is to exorciſe or adjure.
