adjure
verb /əˈdʒʊə(r)/
/əˈdʒʊr/
(formal)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they adjure | /əˈdʒʊə(r)/ /əˈdʒʊr/ |
| he / she / it adjures | /əˈdʒʊəz/ /əˈdʒʊrz/ |
| past simple adjured | /əˈdʒʊəd/ /əˈdʒʊrd/ |
| past participle adjured | /əˈdʒʊəd/ /əˈdʒʊrd/ |
| -ing form adjuring | /əˈdʒʊərɪŋ/ /əˈdʒʊrɪŋ/ |
- adjure somebody to do something to ask or to order somebody to do something
- He adjured them to tell the truth.
Word Originlate Middle English (in the sense ‘put a person on oath’): from Latin adjurare, from ad- ‘to’ + jurare ‘swear’ (from jus, jur- ‘oath’).