adjure
Urge with gravity
To adjure is to urge or request solemnly, often invoking something sacred or binding: I adjure you to tell the truth.
The word carries weight—stronger than asking, it implies moral pressure or formal appeal.
In legal and religious contexts, to adjure someone is to place them under oath or command them in the name of a higher authority.
Plead urgently with someone
- imploreUrge with desperation
- supplicateBeg earnestly and humbly
- appealFormal review request
- petitionFormal written appeal
plead · beg · pray · urge · exhort · importune · entreat · invoke
beseech
Plead urgently with someone
- imploreUrge with desperation
- supplicateBeg earnestly and humbly
- appealFormal review request
petition · plead · beg · pray · urge · exhort · importune · entreat · invoke · solicit
swear
Vow or use profanity
affirmation · bind · covenant · promise · attest · witness · testimony · allegiance · avowal · solemn
order
Methodical arrangement or request
mandate · decree · bid · instruct · dictate · summons · directive · commandment · injunction · behest
- persuasionpersuade, persuasion, persuasive, convince, convincing
- encourageencourage, urge, cheer on, exhort, motivate
adjurewarn
Give notice of peril
caution · dissuade · deprecate · discourage · remonstrate