To command or urge someone solemnly, often in the form of a request supported by an oath or appeal to something sacred.
Third-person singular present of 'adjure,' from Latin 'adjurare.' The term originally meant specifically to put someone under oath, but evolved to mean any solemn urging or earnest request.
When someone adjures you in classical literature, they're pulling out the rhetorical heavy artillery—appealing to your sense of honor, duty, or fear of divine punishment rather than just asking nicely.
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