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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
  • The city advises residents to check things like flowerpots, pet bowls, bird baths, pool covers and other items a couple of times a week for standing water that needs to be dumped.
    — Kaitlyn McCormick, USA Today, 9 Sep. 2026
  • Federal guidance advises against drinking more than 48 ounces per hour.
    — Hanna Wickes, Sacbee.com, 8 Sep. 2026
Definition of advises
Verb
  • Epic says the site instructs Windows users to press the Windows key and R, paste content from the clipboard and press Enter.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 4 Sep. 2026
  • The judge instructs the jury to go back and deliberate further.
    — Rebekah Riess, CNN Money, 3 Sep. 2026
Definition of instructs
Verb
  • If the vehicle has no power and the window remains fully raised, Tesla warns the glass could shatter when someone activates the release.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 15 Sep. 2026
  • The company specifically warns that production specifications, appearance, features, and accessories may change before launch.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 14 Sep. 2026
Definition of warns
Verb
  • Patterns tell a story, such as a customer who orders from the same coffee shop every morning, books travel every March and recently started making payments to a competitor.
    — Jess Turner, Forbes.com, 14 Sep. 2026
  • White House orders review of wolf protections The local concerns come as the federal government is reconsidering protections for wolves nationwide.
    — Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 4 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
  • Before dinner, Nathan tells her about the new anchor watch schedule.
    — Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 15 Sep. 2026
  • An acquaintance who buys and sells movie props tells them that the boots are worth at least fifteen hundred dollars—a tenfold return on their investment.
    — David Owen, New Yorker, 14 Sep. 2026
Definition of tells
Verb
  • Alicia's mother, Beverly, teaches part-time at the college's Women's Resource Center and Continuing Education Department.
    — Sheryl Lee, Freep.com, 11 Sep. 2026
  • On the eve of Kylie’s wedding to Gideon, Sally teaches her girls to light candles by simply blowing on the wicks.
    — Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 11 Sep. 2026
Definition of teaches
Verb
  • There, wisteria blooms on trellises, raspberries ripen on bushes, a cold-plunge pool commands sweeping views of downtown Manhattan—and a chicken coop looms in the corner.
    — Ingrid Abramovitch, Architectural Digest, 10 Sep. 2026
  • The left brain, by contrast, commands language processing, and following a stroke to the left brain, a person can develop not only a communication disorder but often post-stroke depression as well.
    — Michael P.H. Stanley, STAT, 10 Sep. 2026
Definition of commands
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“Adjures.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/adjures. Accessed 16 Sep. 2026.

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