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Webster 1913 Edition
Adjuration
1.
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.
2.
The form of oath or appeal.
Persons who . . . made use of prayer and
adjurations
. Addison.
Webster 1828 Edition
Adjuration
ADJURA'TION
,Noun.
1.The act of adjuring; a solemn charging on oath, or under the penalty of a curse.
2.The form of oath.
Definition 2024
adjuration
adjuration
English
Noun
adjuration (plural adjurations)
- A grave warning
- Charles Dickens, Little Dorrit
- The visitor, observing that she held the door on the inside, and that, when the uncle tried to open it, there was a sharp adjuration of 'Don't, stupid!' and an appearance of loose stocking and flannel, concluded that the young lady was in an undress.
- Charles Dickens, Little Dorrit
- A solemn oath.
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Translations
solemn oath
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