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adjuration Definition


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adjure
verb
    adjured, adjuring
    1. formal
      To request, beg or command someone formally or solemnly.
      Thesaurus: charge, command, direct, order, beseech, plead with, beg, entreat, implore, supplicate, pray, appeal to.
Derivative: adjuration
noun
    Etymology: 14c, meaning ‘to bind someone with an oath': from Latin adjurare to swear something with an oath.



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