adjure

Example Sentences

• "[…] Caiaphas the high Prieſt adjureth him [Jesus] in the name of God, vvho is very God, euen the Sonne of God, vvhich ſhevves vvhat a ſmall account he makes of the name of God: for he did it onely to get aduantage on Chriſts vvords: and ſo doe many novve a-daies, vvho for a little profit or gaine make a matter of nothing to abuſe the name of God a thouſand vvaies."
• "And Joſhua adiured them at that time, ſaying, Curſed be the man before the Lord, that riſeth vp and buildeth this city Jericho: he ſhall lay the foundation therof in his firſt borne, and in his yongeſt ſonne ſhall hee ſet vp the gates of it."
• "[T]he vvoman ſet before the Sanctuary vvith her head uncover'd, vvas adjur'd by the Prieſt to ſvvear vvhether ſhe vvas fals or no; and conſtrain'd to drink that bitter vvater vvith an undoubted curſe of rottenneſſe, and tympany to follovv, unleſſe ſhe vvere innocent."
• "[I[t is tranſlated in our Bible, Thou curſeſt, […] or laſtly, as the LXX. verſion, according to the Alex. copy [Codex Alexandrinus of the Septuagint] has it, έξώρκισας, thou adjuredſt, or conjuredſt, and ſpakeſt of it in mine ears, &c. […] And this ſenſe is greatly favoured by the context, and appears moſt natural. Even one of Mr. H.’s friends renders it by Thou execratedſt, or adjuredſt me."
• "Party members are adjured to promote awareness of this problem."
• "[…] Neſtor moſt / (The ſage Preſerver of the Grecian Hoſt) / Exhorts, adjures, to guard theſe utmoſt Shores; / And by their Parents, by themſelves, implores."