Adjuration
[,ædʒʊə'reɪʃən]
Definition
(noun.) a solemn and earnest appeal to someone to do something.
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Definition
(n.) The act of adjuring; a solemn charging on oath, or under the penalty of a curse; an earnest appeal.
(n.) The form of oath or appeal.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Entreaty (as if to one bound by oath), solemn charge.
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Definition
n. the act of adjuring: the charge or oath used in adjuring.—adj. Adjur′atory containing an adjuration.—p.adj. Adjur′ing acting as an adjuration.
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Examples
- Argument and adjuration were lost on these dastards. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- With this hurried adjuration, he cocked his blunderbuss, and stood on the offensive. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- That was the burden of her lament; and her last adjuration to her daughter was to escape from dinginess if she could. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- It was plain enough that Mr. Jarndyce had not been neglectful of the adjuration. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- No such adjuration entered Mr. Dorrit's head. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- To this simple inscription, I merely added the adjuration, Friend, come! Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Affery, who had been trembling and struggling the whole time, turned a deaf ear to all adjuration, and was bent on forcing herself out of the closet. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- He exhausted every adjuration, her child's welfare and his own. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- After two or three such adjurations, Jo lifts up his head again, looks round the court again, and says in a low voice, Well, I'll tell you something. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
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