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Definition of Adjuring
1. adjure [v] - See also: adjure
Lexicographical Neighbors of Adjuring
Literary usage of Adjuring
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides (1855)
"They entreat at last, though with a menacing air ; and close with warmly adjuring
the Athenians to stand neutral in the quarrel. ..."
2. Visits and Sketches at Home and Abroad: With Tales and Miscellanies Now by Jameson (Anna) (1834)
"I hear the vagabonds in the street adjuring Venus and Bacchus ; and my shoemaker
swore, " by the aspect of Diana," that he would not take less than ten ..."
3. The Law Unsealed: Or, A Practical Exposition of the Ten Commandments; with a by James Durham, John Owen, William Jenkyn (1735)
"2<///, For adjuring of devils, it is two ways lawful, and two ways not. i.
It is lawful to command devils in the name of God by I 4 *0»? ..."
4. A Compendium of Molesworth's Marathi and English Dictionary by James Thomas Molesworth, Baba Padmanji (1863)
"Hurried bring- ing (to any spot) ; gathering and collecting from all quarters.
conj. And. . adjuring (in the name of some authority); binding under solemn ..."
5. The Life of Erasmus. by John Jortin, Jean Le Clerc (1808)
"a considerable man in France, entreating and adjuring him by all that was good,
to reconcile him to ..."
6. Hebrew Lyrics by Hans Busk (1861)
"Admiring, adoring, adjuring the LORD> For His loving-kindness endureth for ever.
Thanks how weak, loudest praises afford, With most strenuous, most earnest ..."
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