adjure

adjure

to charge or command earnestly, often under the threat of a penalty; to entreat solemnly: to adjure the witness to tell the truth
Not to be confused with:abjure – repudiate, recant, or retract; to renounce under oath, forswear: abjure allegiance; abjure a confession

ad·jure

A0089900 (ə-jo͝or′)tr.v. ad·jured, ad·jur·ing, ad·jures 1. To command or enjoin solemnly, as under oath: "adjuring her in the name of God to declare the truth" (Increase Mather).2. To appeal to or entreat earnestly.

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[Middle English adjuren, from Latin adiūrāre, to swear to : ad-, ad- + iūrāre, to swear; see yewes- in Indo-European roots.]

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ad·jur′er, ad·ju′ror n.

adjure

(əˈdʒʊə) vb (tr) 1. to command, often by exacting an oath; charge2. to appeal earnestly to[C14: from Latin adjūrāre to swear to, from ad- to + jūrāre to swear, from jūs oath] adjuration n adˈjuratory adj adˈjurer, adˈjuror n

ad•jure

(əˈdʒʊər)

v.t. -jured, -jur•ing. 1. to charge, bind, or command earnestly and solemnly, often under oath or the threat of a penalty. 2. to entreat or request earnestly or solemnly. [1350–1400; Middle English < Latin adjūrāre. See ad-, jury¹] ad•ju•ra•tion (ˌædʒ ʊˈreɪ ʃən) n. ad•jur′a•to`ry (-ˌtɔr i, -ˌtoʊr i) adj. ad•jur′er, ad•ju′ror, n.

adjure

Past participle: adjured
Gerund: adjuring

Imperative
adjure
adjure

Present
I adjure
you adjure
he/she/it adjures
we adjure
you adjure
they adjure

Preterite
I adjured
you adjured
he/she/it adjured
we adjured
you adjured
they adjured

Present Continuous
I am adjuring
you are adjuring
he/she/it is adjuring
we are adjuring
you are adjuring
they are adjuring

Present Perfect
I have adjured
you have adjured
he/she/it has adjured
we have adjured
you have adjured
they have adjured

Past Continuous
I was adjuring
you were adjuring
he/she/it was adjuring
we were adjuring
you were adjuring
they were adjuring

Past Perfect
I had adjured
you had adjured
he/she/it had adjured
we had adjured
you had adjured
they had adjured

Future
I will adjure
you will adjure
he/she/it will adjure
we will adjure
you will adjure
they will adjure

Future Perfect
I will have adjured
you will have adjured
he/she/it will have adjured
we will have adjured
you will have adjured
they will have adjured

Future Continuous
I will be adjuring
you will be adjuring
he/she/it will be adjuring
we will be adjuring
you will be adjuring
they will be adjuring

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been adjuring
you have been adjuring
he/she/it has been adjuring
we have been adjuring
you have been adjuring
they have been adjuring

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been adjuring
you will have been adjuring
he/she/it will have been adjuring
we will have been adjuring
you will have been adjuring
they will have been adjuring

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been adjuring
you had been adjuring
he/she/it had been adjuring
we had been adjuring
you had been adjuring
they had been adjuring

Conditional
I would adjure
you would adjure
he/she/it would adjure
we would adjure
you would adjure
they would adjure

Past Conditional
I would have adjured
you would have adjured
he/she/it would have adjured
we would have adjured
you would have adjured
they would have adjured

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	adjure - ask for or request earnestly; "The prophet bid all people to become good persons"beseech, entreat, conjure, bid, pressplead - appeal or request earnestly; "I pleaded with him to stop"
	2.	adjure - command solemnly burden, saddle, charge - impose a task upon, assign a responsibility to; "He charged her with cleaning up all the files over the weekend"

Translations

giurare