Add an adjure to one of your lists below or create a new one. And instead of Columbus, a honey-fed dream spirit should stand in his bow and ask him to sail, in the land of dreams. begging, pleading, pleading, pleading, pleading, adjuring, pleading intrusively. Praying suggests seriousness or perseverance in the matter. They begged for help and begged for resistance, which involves an effort to convince or overcome resistance. Begged me to join them and begged them to involve a deeply felt fear. I implore you to have mercy, I begged her, he did not beg to propose an attitude of humility. with their heads bowed, they begged their Lord to summon, counsel, and plead. We have been called upon to tell the truth that is important, suggesting a boring persistence in trying to reduce opposition to a request. By importing viewers for publications, I will tell you clearly in the name of the friendship you have shown me so far. You have a strong idea of the word Adjure when you see that the Jure part resembles the “jury”. Both come from the Latin jÅ«rÄre “to swear”, which in turn comes from jÅ`s, jÅ«r- “law” (as in justice and the jurist).
In Middle English in the 14th century, the word suggested that someone was confirming something by swearing by an oath. Adjure therefore means to command solemnly, as in “She implored him to present the events exactly as he saw them.” The verb adjure is a cumbersome synonym for the word “ask”, with a more demanding tone. For example, you may need to summon someone to tell the truth. I promise you, after all that a man of honor considers the most sacred, to leave England at the moment when your health will allow you to sail. I am convening you for the last time. Are you going to name the three cards? I solemnly promise you that I will not leave anything you remember. Adjure comes in Anglo-French from the Latin verb adjÅ«rÄre, which means “to affirm by an oath” or “to curse”. The root of adjÅ«rÄre is jÅ«rÄre, which means “to swear”; This word is also the source of the jury (a group of people who have sworn to make a judgment on a case submitted to them) and the jury (member of a jury).
In English, “to adjure” can mean ordering someone as if they were under oath or under penalty of curse, but the word is more often used in the sense of “seriously exhorting or advising” and is synonymous with the more well-known verbs implore, annoyune and plead. With courage or common sense, or both, state governors and legislators can invoke measures like the Arizona law. Find out which words work together and create more natural English with the Oxford Collocations Dictionary app. Join our community to access the latest language learning and assessment tips from Oxford University Press! Find the answers online with Practical English Usage, your essential guide to English language problems.