1
as in to advise
to give advice to
adjured them not to break the drug laws of any of the countries they would be visiting
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2
as in to instruct
to issue orders to (someone) by right of authority
by all that is holy, I adjure you to tell us the whereabouts of the missing child
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Recent Examples of adjure
Despite the song’s topic, the music is joyful, light, as Carlito adjures Maya in Lingala, the language of Kinshasa and its environs:
Listen to a voice calling you in the middle of the night.
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Nicolas Niarchos, The New Yorker, 26 June 2019
And Congress is adjured by the Fourteenth Amendment to enforce it against the states.
—WSJ, 25 May 2018
Nicolas Niarchos, The New Yorker, 26 June 2019
And Congress is adjured by the Fourteenth Amendment to enforce it against the states.
—WSJ, 25 May 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for adjure
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention advises residents in areas with excessive heat to wear light clothing, drink lots of water, use their air conditioning and avoid from exerting themselves outside in order to prevent heat exhaustion or heat stroke.—
Janet Loehrke,
USA Today,
19 May 2025
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The release advises anyone with further information to contact the North Little Rock Department Tip Line at (501) 680-8439 or Detective Adam Williams at 501-771-7167.—
Parker Mancino,
Arkansas Online,
18 May 2025
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His work far from finished, Jim is immediately instructed to reach into Royce’s open chest cavity and aid in the surgery.—
Judy Berman,
Time,
12 May 2025
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That’s evidently false in the cases involving the Alien Enemies Act—last month, the Supreme Court instructed that challenges to Trump’s actions had to be brought as habeas cases.—
Ruth Marcus,
New Yorker,
12 May 2025
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Eventually, Billy tries to warn the foster care headquarters, managed by a kindly woman named Wendy (Sally-Anne Upton), that Laura is trying to sabotage Billy.—
Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
16 May 2025
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Wilcox and Harris have warned that a ruling in the president's favor would put the independence of other government boards, including the Federal Reserve, at risk.—
Andrea Hsu,
NPR,
16 May 2025
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Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo told reporters she was caught off guard by the news, and has asked the prosecutor's office to ask the U.S. Department of Justice for more information.—
Jeanine Santucci,
USA Today,
15 May 2025
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The prequel centers on lead character Cassian Andor (Diego Luna), who originally appeared in Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, and tells the origin story of the Rebel Alliance, which would go on to defeat the evil Galactic Empire.—
Monica Mercuri,
Forbes.com,
14 May 2025
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Revere used that skill to teach himself to become an engraver and later a dentist, fashioning implants for his patients.—
John Baldoni,
Forbes.com,
10 May 2025
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The film’s director, Catherine Masud, who teaches at UConn, will present and discuss the film on May 17 at 5:30 p.m. at Real Art Ways.—
Christopher Arnott,
Hartford Courant,
10 May 2025
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Bronx Criminal Court Judge Audrey Stone on Wednesday ordered that Jeremy Cortorreal spend the next two decades behind bars for killing Lisette Gomez back on March 21, 2023.—
Thomas Tracy,
New York Daily News,
17 May 2025
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Then, in a December 2023 decision, in a partial redo of that arbitration, Arbitrator Roger Kaplan ordered France to pay Bernstein $810,846.67, including $450,000 in punitive damages for his conduct.—
Chris Deubert,
Forbes.com,
17 May 2025
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Each of the eight total Ivy League schools have mental health resources ranging from counseling hotlines and centers to student-run support groups.—
Audrey Conklin,
FOXNews.com,
2 May 2025
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Where since the 1980s, Father John Moretta has counseled parishioners at Resurrection Church in Boyle Heights on the troubles that afflict their neighborhood.—
Gustavo Arellano,
Los Angeles Times,
23 Apr. 2025
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Here's why Cassie said Combs threatened to 'blow up' Kid Cudi's car During cross-examination, Ventura Fine was asked about her relationship with rapper Kid Cudi, whose real name is Scott Mescudi.—
Anna Kaufman,
USA Today,
17 May 2025
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That’s the question writer-director Ari Aster’s somber comedy-Western Eddington, playing in competition here at the Cannes Film Festival, appears to be asking.—
Stephanie Zacharek,
Time,
17 May 2025
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“Adjure.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/adjure. Accessed 24 May. 2025.
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