What does adjure mean?
Adjure means (transitive, often law) To issue a formal command..
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/ədˈdʒʊə/ · verb
(transitive, often law) To issue a formal command..
Party members are adjured to promote awareness of this problem.
`Then tell to me, and this great company, the tale whereof I have heard.' Thus adjured, I, in as few words as I could, related the history of the cannibal feast, and of the attempted torture of our poor servant.
The Rabbis adjured her to endow the young man with his former virility, but she vehemently refused to do so.
Use adjure when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Adjure means (transitive, often law) To issue a formal command..
Common synonyms include entreat, beseech, press, bid.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Party members are adjured to promote awareness of this problem.
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