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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD ADJURE

From Latin adjūrāre to swear to, from ad- to + jūrāre to swear, from jūs oath.
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PRONUNCIATION OF ADJURE

adjure  [əˈdʒʊə] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ADJURE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Adjure is a verb.
The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb adjure in English.

WHAT DOES ADJURE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of adjure in the English dictionary

The definition of adjure in the dictionary is to command, often by exacting an oath; charge. Other definition of adjure is to appeal earnestly to.


CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO ADJURE

PRESENT

Present
I adjure
you adjure
he/she/it adjures
we adjure
you adjure
they adjure
Present continuous
I am adjuring
you are adjuring
he/she/it is adjuring
we are adjuring
you are adjuring
they are adjuring
Present perfect
I have adjured
you have adjured
he/she/it has adjured
we have adjured
you have adjured
they have adjured
Present perfect continuous
I have been adjuring
you have been adjuring
he/she/it has been adjuring
we have been adjuring
you have been adjuring
they have been adjuring
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I adjured
you adjured
he/she/it adjured
we adjured
you adjured
they adjured
Past continuous
I was adjuring
you were adjuring
he/she/it was adjuring
we were adjuring
you were adjuring
they were adjuring
Past perfect
I had adjured
you had adjured
he/she/it had adjured
we had adjured
you had adjured
they had adjured
Past perfect continuous
I had been adjuring
you had been adjuring
he/she/it had been adjuring
we had been adjuring
you had been adjuring
they had been adjuring
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will adjure
you will adjure
he/she/it will adjure
we will adjure
you will adjure
they will adjure
Future continuous
I will be adjuring
you will be adjuring
he/she/it will be adjuring
we will be adjuring
you will be adjuring
they will be adjuring
Future perfect
I will have adjured
you will have adjured
he/she/it will have adjured
we will have adjured
you will have adjured
they will have adjured
Future perfect continuous
I will have been adjuring
you will have been adjuring
he/she/it will have been adjuring
we will have been adjuring
you will have been adjuring
they will have been adjuring
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would adjure
you would adjure
he/she/it would adjure
we would adjure
you would adjure
they would adjure
Conditional continuous
I would be adjuring
you would be adjuring
he/she/it would be adjuring
we would be adjuring
you would be adjuring
they would be adjuring
Conditional perfect
I would have adjure
you would have adjure
he/she/it would have adjure
we would have adjure
you would have adjure
they would have adjure
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been adjuring
you would have been adjuring
he/she/it would have been adjuring
we would have been adjuring
you would have been adjuring
they would have been adjuring
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you adjure
we let´s adjure
you adjure
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to adjure
Past participle
adjured
Present Participle
adjuring
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH ADJURE


abjure
əbˈdʒʊə
contre-jour
ˈkɒntrəˌʒʊə
objure
ɒbˈdʒʊə
Padua
ˈpædʒʊə
recomforture
riːˈkʌmfəˌtʒʊə

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ADJURE

adjudicative
adjudicator
adjudicatory
adjunct
adjunction
adjunctive
adjunctively
adjunctly
adjuration
adjuratory
adjurer
adjuror
adjust
adjustability
adjustable
adjustable spanner
adjustably
adjusted
adjuster
adjustive

WORDS THAT END LIKE ADJURE

adventure
agriculture
architecture
be sure
capture
conjure
culture
de jure
ensure
exposure
failure
feature
figure
injure
ipso jure
jure
perjure
reinjure
suo jure
to be sure

Synonyms and antonyms of adjure in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «ADJURE»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «adjure» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of adjure

Translation of «adjure» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF ADJURE

Find out the translation of adjure to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of adjure from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «adjure» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

恳请
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

adjure
570 millions of speakers

English

adjure
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

adjure
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

استحلف
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

заклинать
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

adjure
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

সনির্বন্ধ অনুরোধ করা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

adjurer
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Adjure
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

beschwören
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

adjure
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

명령하니
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Adjure
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

cầu khẩn
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

விரும்பி வேண்டு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

शपथ देणे
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

yalvarmak
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

scongiurare
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Zaklinam
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

заклинати
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

jur
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

εξορκίζουμε
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

besweer
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

besvär
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

Adjure
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of adjure

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ADJURE»

The term «adjure» is regularly used and occupies the 78.556 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «ADJURE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «adjure» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «adjure» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about adjure

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ADJURE»

Discover the use of adjure in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to adjure and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Summa Theologica:
would bind himself by oath: for thus did the high-priest presume to adjure our Lord Jesus Christ [*Mat. 26:63]. Reply to Objection 2: This argument considers the adjuration which imposes an obligation. Reply to Objection 3: To adjure is not to ...
Saint Thomas (Aquinas), 1985
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Summa Theologica, Volume 3 (Part II, Second Section)
We must now consider the taking of God's name by way of adjuration: under which head there are three points of inquiry: (1) Whether it is lawful to adjure a man? (2) Whether it is lawful to adjure the demons? (3) Whether it is lawful to adjure ...
St Thomas Aquinas, 2013
3
Hisperica Famina II
I adjure you, angels, archangels, patriarchs, confessors, 30 apostles, martyrs, to purify the heart of .N. for the sake of my love. I adjure you, thrones, dominations, cherubim and seraphim, to purify the heart of .N. on account of my love. I adjure ...
Michael W. Herren, 1987
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Ancient Christian Magic: Coptic Texts of Ritual Power
I adjure you by your powers, your names, ' your holy potencies; I adjure 15 you by Orphamiel, the great finger of the father; ' I adjure you by the throne of the father; ' I adjure you by Orpha, the entire body ' of god; I adjure you by the chariots ' of ...
Marvin W. Meyer, Richard Smith, 1999
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Magic, Witchcraft, and Ghosts in the Greek and Roman Worlds: ...
AOTH IATHABATHRA CHACH- THABRATHA CHAMUN CHEL ABROOTH OUABRASILOTH HALLELOU IELOSAI IAEL I adjure you in the name of the one that was seen by Osrael in a shining column and in a day-time cloud and delivered his ...
Daniel Ogden, 2002
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Summa Theologica Part II ("Secunda Secundae") (Extended ...
(2) Whether it is lawful to adjure the demons? (3) Whether it is lawful to adjure irrational creatures? FIRST ARTICLE [II-II, Q. 90, Art. 1] Whether It Is Lawful to Adjure a Man? Objection 1: It would seem that it is not lawful to adjure a man. Origen ...
St. Thomas Aquinas, 2012
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The "Summa Theologica" of St. Thomas Aquinas
Moreover, we adjure God in one way and man in another; because when we adjure a man we intend to alter his will by appealing to his reverence for a holy thing : and we cannot have such an intention in respect of God Whose will is ...
Saint Thomas (Aquinas), Reginaldus de Piperno, 1922
8
Common Ground: A Priest and a Rabbi Read Scripture Together
Song of Songs Rabbah to Song 2:7, 3:5, 5:8, 8:4 Song 2:7: "I adjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem" Song 3:5, "I adjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem, by the gazelles or the hinds of the field" Song 5:8, "I adjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem, ...
Andrew M. Greeley, 2008
9
Between Worlds: Dybbuks, Exorcists, and Early Modern Judaism
After placing [the patient] opposite [to you], adjure. . . . [The adjurationz] I adjure you by the God of the Hebrews, Jesus IABA . . . I adjure you by the one who appeared to Osrael in a shining pillar and a cloud by day, / who saved his people from ...
J. H. Chajes, 2011
10
Arcana Mundi: Magic and the Occult in the Greek and Roman ...
I adjure you by him who appeared to Israel in a pillar of light and a cloud by day, who has saved his people from Pharaoh and has brought upon Pharaoh the ten plagues, because he would not listen. And I adjure you, every daemonic spirit, ...
Georg Luck, 2006

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ADJURE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term adjure is used in the context of the following news items.
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The supplication of our pious predecessors
I overheard him saying whilst supplicating: 'O my Lord! Drought has severely affected Your slaves, and I adjure You to bring down rain upon us! «Gulf Times, Jul 15»
2
No Holds Barred: Gay marriage is not the real issue
These are laws that safeguard the rights of human beings and adjure individuals to respect one another and refrain infringing on each other's ... «Jerusalem Post Israel News, Jul 15»
3
Civil Society Organization reaffirms confidence in Oyegun
“We adjure the National Assembly under the leadership of His Excellency Sen. Bukola Saraki for the Senate and Hon. Yakubu Dogara for the ... «DailyPost Nigeria, Jul 15»
4
Gay Marriage and the End of Days
These are laws that safeguard the rights of human beings and adjure individuals to respect one another and refrain infringing on each other's ... «New York Observer, Jul 15»
5
CHARLESTON MASSACRE
If I were in office, I would adjure all the people to join my family and me on bended knees as we offered prayers to God in heaven. If I were in ... «WND.com, Jun 15»
6
Weekly Tanya Lesson: Chap.14, Lecture 3
At first glance it seems unintelligible: once he is charged to “be a tzaddik,”implying clearly that he not be a rasha, why the need to adjure him ... «Arutz Sheva, Jun 15»
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The Magna Carta
Coke had written in a 1610 case: “When an act of Parliament is against common right or reason…the common law will…adjure such an act void ... «The Moral Liberal, Jun 15»
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How to counter RAW conspiracies
I often adjure more cynical friends to consider our genuine and undeniable national strength, and strengths. No nuclear powered, emerging ... «The News International, May 15»
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I Don't Want a 'Woman of Valor,' I Want a Lover
How is your beloved better than another, that you adjure us so?” “My beloved is clear-skinned and ruddy, pre-eminent among ten thousand. «New Voices, May 15»
10
Rape of a nine year old girl
In this breadth, we, politely, adjure the IGP and the Hon. Minister for women and gender affairs to, personally, take an interest in this case ... «GhanaWeb, Apr 15»

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