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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Adjure \Ad*jure"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Adjured; p. pr. & vb.
     n. Adjuring]. [L. adjurare, adjurdium, to swear to; later,
     to adjure: cf. F. adjurer. See Jury.]
     To charge, bind, or command, solemnly, as if under oath, or
     under the penalty of a curse; to appeal to in the most solemn
     or impressive manner; to entreat earnestly.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           Joshua adjured them at that time, saying, Cursed be the
           man before the Lord, that riseth up and buildeth this
           city Jericho.                            --Josh. vi.
                                                    26.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           The high priest . . . said . . . I adjure thee by the
           living God, that thou tell us whether thou be the
           Christ.                                  --Matt. xxvi.
                                                    63.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           The commissioners adjured them not to let pass so
           favorable an opportunity of securing their liberties.
                                                    --Marshall.
     [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Adjure \Ad*jure"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Adjured; p. pr. & vb.
     n. Adjuring]. [L. adjurare, adjurdium, to swear to; later,
     to adjure: cf. F. adjurer. See Jury.]
     To charge, bind, or command, solemnly, as if under oath, or
     under the penalty of a curse; to appeal to in the most solemn
     or impressive manner; to entreat earnestly.
  
           Joshua adjured them at that time, saying, Cursed be the
           man before the Lord, that riseth up and buildeth this
           city Jericho.                            --Josh. vi.
                                                    26.
  
           The high priest . . . said . . . I adjure thee by the
           living God, that thou tell us whether thou be the
           Christ.                                  --Matt. xxvi.
                                                    63.
  
           The commissioners adjured them not to let pass so
           favorable an opportunity of securing their liberties.
                                                    --Marshall.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  adjure
       v 1: ask for or request earnestly; "The prophet bid all people to
            become good persons" [syn: bid, beseech, entreat,
            press, conjure]
       2: command solemnly

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  adjure
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive often legal) To issue a formal command.
     2 (lb en transitive) To earnestly appeal to or advise; to charge
  solemnly.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  adjure
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive often legal) To issue a formal command.
     2 (lb en transitive) To earnestly appeal to or advise; to charge
  solemnly.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  adjure
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive often legal) To issue a formal command.
     2 (lb en transitive) To earnestly appeal to or advise; to charge
  solemnly.

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  adjure
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive often legal) To issue a formal command.
     2 (lb en transitive) To earnestly appeal to or advise; to charge
  solemnly.

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  adjure
     Engelska vb.
     (tagg ålderdomligt språk=en) bönfalla, besvärja

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Adjure /ɐdʒjˈʊə/
  1. استحلف
  2. يستحلف
  3. يناشد

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-bul ]

  adjure //ædˈd͡ʒʊɹ// //ədˈdʒɔː// //ədˈdʒʊə// //ədˈd͡ʒʊɹ// 
  карам

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  adjure /ɐdʒjˈʊə/ 
  zapřísahat

From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-hin ]

  adjure /ɐdʒjˈʊə/ 
  1. शपथ~दिलाकर~पूछना
        "He was adjured to answer truthfully all the questions asked."

From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 :   [ freedict:eng-hrv ]

  adjure /ɐdʒjˈʊə/
  moliti, preklinjati, zaklinjati

From English-Lithuanian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.7.2 :   [ freedict:eng-lit ]

  adjure /ə'dʒuə/ 
  1. maldauti
  2. (teis.) prisaikdinti

From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-tur ]

  adjure /ɐdʒjˈʊə/
  1. Allah rızası için diye rica etmek, istirham etmek adjura'tion  ciddi tembih  veya dilek
  2. yemin.

From IPA:fr :   [ IPA:fr ]

  

/adʒyʁ/

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :   [ moby-thesaurus ]

  30 Moby Thesaurus words for "adjure":
     administer an oath, appeal, appeal to, beg, beseech, call for help,
     call on, call upon, clamor for, conjure, crave, cry for, cry on,
     cry to, entreat, impetrate, implore, imprecate, invoke, kneel to,
     obtest, plead, plead for, pray, put under oath, put upon oath,
     run to, supplicate, swear, swear in
  
  

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary :   [ stardic ]

  v. 严命,恳请,恳求;

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     vt. 起誓,恳请,恳求

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