adjuring
Earnestly pleading with
Adjuring is the present participle of adjure, meaning to urge or request solemnly, often invoking something sacred or binding: adjuring them by all that was holy to tell the truth.
The word carries more weight than merely asking—it suggests earnest appeal or formal command, as in a courtroom oath or desperate plea.
Urgently pleading for something
- imploringUrgently requesting with emotion
- pleadingUrgent heartfelt request
- supplicationHumble plea for help
- appealFormal review request
petition · begging · urging · exhorting · importuning · soliciting · invoking · praying
Profane speech or vows
- vowSolemn personal commitment
- pledgeBinding promise given
- oathFormal binding promise
- affirmationPositive statement of truth
attestation · covenant · binding · promise · avowal · solemn · invocation · witness
beseeching
Urgently pleading for something
- imploringUrgently requesting with emotion
- pleadingUrgent heartfelt request
- supplicationHumble plea for help
appeal · petition · begging · urging · exhorting · importuning · soliciting · invoking · praying · requesting
swearing
Profane speech or vows
affirmation · attestation · covenant · binding · promise · avowal · solemn · invocation · witness · testimony
order
Methodical arrangement or request
- mandateFormal authoritative directive
- decreeAuthoritative legal command
- directiveFormal command or instruction
enjoin · charge · dictate · injunction · edict · command · behest · pronouncement · fiat · precept
adjuringforbidding
Intimidatingly stern or hostile
prohibiting · dissuading · releasing · absolving · discouraging
injure, jury, conjure, perjury, abjure, conjuring, juror, conjurer, conjured