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adjures

verb

present tense third-person singular of adjure
1
as in advises
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 instructs
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 Synonyms for adjures
  1. advises
  2. instructs
  3. warns
  4. orders
  5. admonishes
  6. tells
  7. teaches
  8. commands
Verb
  • Ted, naturally, advises everyone to stay positive, but the outlook isn’t great, and it’s not helped by the team doctor dragging his feet about seeing the Greyhounds star, which Keeley immediately clocks as sexism.
    — Keith Phipps, Vulture, 23 Sep. 2026
  • After washing, Adriano advises laying brushes flat or upside down to dry, with the bristles pointing downward.
    — Bianca Lambert, Southern Living, 21 Sep. 2026
Definition of advises
Verb
  • Beside the cigarette vendor, another man is pulling a rainbow fishing net he's woven from its display on the long branch of a tree and instructs a cruiser to crouch before him.
    — Charlie Hobbs, Condé Nast Traveler, 17 Sep. 2026
  • This base pair substitution can, in some cases, radically change the shape of the protein the DNA instructs a cell to produce.
    — Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 8 Sep. 2026
Definition of instructs
Verb
  • While the total economic fallout of an extreme El Nino is hard to calculate, losses from past events have reached trillions of dollars, according to HSBC's Global Investment Research, which warns the numbers could be even bigger this time.
    — EDNA TARIGAN, Arkansas Online, 23 Sep. 2026
  • Cleveland Clinic also warns about dehydration during heat therapy, a real consideration in a busy household routine.
    — Samantha Agate, Kansas City Star, 21 Sep. 2026
Definition of warns
Verb
  • The law orders the California Public Utilities Commission to create special requirements and rates for data centers’ use of electricity, including the costs for new power and for infrastructure upgrades.
    — Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 21 Sep. 2026
  • The action is that the user orders dinner, uploads a photo or completes a weekly challenge.
    — Michal Rahamim, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2026
Definition of orders
Verb
  • Sinon admonishes his king for failing to properly honor Ithaca’s dead soldiers, contributing to Odysseus’s guilt.
    — Natasha O'Neill, Vanity Fair, 16 July 2026
  • Judge admonishes Musk over social media use Musk is seeking $150 billion in damages from OpenAI and Microsoft, one of its largest investors, with proceeds going to OpenAI’s charitable arm.
    — Deepa Seetharaman, USA Today, 29 Apr. 2026
Definition of admonishes
Verb
  • The speed of that apology tells you how fragile the story has become.
    — Sumeet Salwan, Forbes.com, 22 Sep. 2026
  • Earlier in the episode, Cooper tells Kat that Joe is joining them in Dubrovnik after the season is over, which instantly deflates her.
    — Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 22 Sep. 2026
Definition of tells
Verb
  • But Pavese understood that the only lesson tragedy really teaches is that there is no end to suffering.
    — Max Norman, Harpers Magazine, 22 Sep. 2026
  • Public discourse teaches children which differences are treated as ordinary, which are treated as suspect and who is allowed to belong without having to explain themselves.
    — Anahi Collado, The Conversation, 22 Sep. 2026
Definition of teaches
Verb
  • The overwhelmingly white and male leadership commands an enlisted force in which 34% identify with a racial minority group and 17% are women.
    — Jeremiah Favara, The Conversation, 18 Sep. 2026
  • This atmosphere can only get worse, and society is watching something different from what the law commands.
    — MAURICIO SAVARESE, Arkansas Online, 16 Sep. 2026
Definition of commands
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“Adjures.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/adjures. Accessed 25 Sep. 2026.

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