Past tense of adjure; commanded or strongly appealed to someone solemnly under oath.
From 'adjure' (to command under oath) plus the past tense suffix '-ed'. The root is Latin 'adjurare' (to swear to).
In biblical and fantasy narratives, when a character is 'adjured' to speak truth, it's not a casual request—it's treated as a magically binding command, showing how language itself can seem to have power through solemnity and tradition.
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