adjuratory
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Adjuratory — Ad*ju ra*to*ry, a. [L. adjuratorius.] Containing an adjuration. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
adjuratory — adjective 1. earnestly or solemnly entreating in adjuratory terms • Similar to: ↑beseeching, ↑pleading, ↑imploring • Derivationally related forms: ↑adjure 2. containing a solemn charge or command … Useful english dictionary
adjuratory — adjective see adjuration … New Collegiate Dictionary
adjuratory — adjective Of or pertaining to an adjuration … Wiktionary
adjuratory — ad·jur·a·to·ry … English syllables
adjure — adjuratory /euh joor euh tawr ee, tohr ee/, adj. adjurer, adjuror, n. /euh joor /, v.t., adjured, adjuring. 1. to charge, bind, or command earnestly and solemnly, often under oath or the threat of a penalty. 2. to entreat or request earnestly or… … Universalium
adjuration — noun Date: 1611 1. a solemn oath 2. an earnest urging or advising • adjuratory adjective … New Collegiate Dictionary
adjure — verb a) To issue a formal command, especially in a legal context. Someone adjured the editor to cease posting silly articles. b) To earnestly appeal or advise. Party members are adjured to promote awareness of this problem. See Also: adjuration,… … Wiktionary
appealing — Synonyms and related words: achingly sweet, adjuratory, agreeable, agreeable sounding, alluring, appetizing, ariose, arioso, attracting, attractive, begging, beguiling, beseeching, bewitching, blandishing, cajoling, canorous, cantabile,… … Moby Thesaurus
begging — Synonyms and related words: adjuratory, appealing, beggary, beseeching, bumming, cadging, entreating, imploring, mendicancy, mendicant, mendicity, mooching, panhandling, petitionary, pleading, prayerful, precative, precatory, scrounging,… … Moby Thesaurus
