adjures
Urgently begs compliance
Adjures is the third-person singular form of adjure, meaning to urge or request solemnly, often invoking something sacred or binding: She adjures him to tell the truth.
The word carries more weight than simply asking—it implies a serious appeal to duty, conscience, or oath.
Legal and religious contexts favor adjure over ordinary verbs of request.
Begs earnestly
- beseechesUrgently implores another
- entreatsAsks earnestly, pleadingly
- exhortsUrges earnestly
- urgesStrong inner drives
appeals · pleads · supplicates · importunes · begs · presses · charges · counsels
Amounts owed or alleged
- commandsAuthoritative orders given
- ordersInstructions to obey
- directsCommands or guides
- mandatesAuthoritative commands or requirements
instructs · requires · compels · enjoins · decrees · prescribes · dictates · stipulates
Vows or curses
- vowsSolemn binding promises
- pledgesFormal promises given
- affirmsDeclares something true
- attestsDeclares something true
declares · testifies · binds · obligates · commits · covenants · promises · warrants
Calls forth or cites
- conjuresSummons by spell
- commandsAuthoritative orders given
- exorcisesExpels through ritual
- summonsFormal court notification
sanctifies · blesses · consecrates · hallows · prays · supplicates · divine · sacred
implores
Begs earnestly
urges · appeals · pleads · supplicates · importunes · begs · presses · charges · counsels · admonishes
charges
Amounts owed or alleged
mandates · instructs · requires · compels · enjoins · decrees · prescribes · dictates · stipulates · court
swears
Vows or curses
attests · declares · testifies · binds · obligates · commits · covenants · promises · warrants · certifies
invokes
Calls forth or cites
summons · sanctifies · blesses · consecrates · hallows · prays · supplicates · divine · sacred · holy
adjureshints
Indirect suggestions
mumbles · tosses out · tosses off · shrugs off · banters