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.
—
Nicolas Niarchos,
The New Yorker,
26 June 2019
And Congress is adjured by the Fourteenth Amendment to enforce it against the states.
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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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In states shrouded by Jim Crow laws, Black Americans were advised where and where not to drive.
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In the same breath, a heatwave doesn’t help when authorities are advising people stay indoors.
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Instead of paying for a dedicated customer relationship management (CRM) or project management tool, or a customer service platform, a business could theoretically instruct an AI agent to handle all of it.
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If there was any threshold of flooding at which sheltering in place would be abandoned and campers would be instructed how and where to evacuate to higher ground, that plan would have been known only to the camp’s co-executive director, Dick Eastland.
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Seeking respite from the sizzling weather, people and companies across Europe are snapping up portable and fixed air conditioners as some countries warn the heat wave could intensify.
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Opponents argue agencies could avoid some of the service cuts officials have warned about by pausing capital improvement projects, including extensions.
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All of Rojas’ family members were OK, the Venezuelan native told reporters ahead of Friday’s game against the Padres in San Diego.
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Sources told Axios that both sides agreed to halt attacks on each other and meet in Qatar on Tuesday to resolve differences over the Strait of Hormuz.
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While younger generations were taught in school about the atrocities of the Holocaust, the book found that family lore continued to sanitize the past with grandparents often painted as heroes, rescuers or victims themselves.
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Those conversations taught him to look at himself as someone who could solve problems.
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The spacecraft will then be ordered to slowly approach and survey Swift before grabbing the observatory with its robotic arms and slowly raising the orbit to nearly 370 miles.
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Larger versions serving 10 to 12 guests can also be ordered for private celebrations.
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The claimants are asking for $10 million against each respondent and said their damages include medical care, psychological and counseling care and pain, suffering and mental anguish.
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The International Problem Gambling and Gaming Certification Organization, which establishes the best practices for counseling gambling addicts and issues certifications to professional therapists, lists just 17 people in Colorado who have received certification.
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Denver’s brass was asked about those comments on Wednesday, and Wallace responded by sharing some thoughts on the team’s internal and external goals.
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The firms asked the judge to dismiss the case Wednesday, arguing Uber had failed to prove fraud.
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“Adjure.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/adjure. Accessed 29 Jun. 2026.
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