adjuredadj.
/əˈdʒʊəd/, /əˈdʒɔːd/, U.S. /əˈdʒʊ(ə)rd/, /æˈdʒʊ(ə)rd/ That is or has been adjured (in various senses of the verb).
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1601 J. Deacon & J. Walker Summarie Answere to Darel 68 Their adiured Demoniake outragiously running on them, and rending their carkasses.
1634 R. Powell Life of Alfred 26 This adjured league quieted the civill discords of the Danes and Saxons for the space of foure years.
a1700 A. Shields True & Faithful Relation of Sufferings (1715) 94 The adjured, perjured, and conjured Enemies of Jesus Christ.
1808 Times 31 Dec. 3/3 Why are Courts-Martial, or sworn Judges, or adjured witnesses necessary?
1822 J. Hook Pen Owen III. vi. 195 The adjured spirit rose from his seat, and, with scarcely less agitation, strained forward its eyes, with a look of inquiry.
1867 Month Apr. 312 Not one muscle of this adjured knight's visage moved, albeit this passionate appeal thrilled through the hearts of all others present at that time.
1921 J. H. McCarthy Golden Shoe xviii. 144 The adjured girl smiled again, a little more generously this time.
1998 R. S. Kraemer When Aseneth met Joseph i. iv. 104 Adjured angels vanish as etherially as they appear.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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