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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

[L.

adjuratio

, fr.

adjurare

: cf. F.

adjuration

. See

The act of adjuring; a solemn charging on oath, or under the penalty of a curse; an earnest appeal.

What an accusation could not effect, an

adjuration

shall.

Bp. Hall.

The form of oath or appeal.

Persons who . . . made use of prayer and

adjurations

Addison.

Noun.

1.The act of adjuring; a solemn charging on oath, or under the penalty of a curse.

2.The form of oath.