Flashcards: Latin Derivatives

adjure

 

to command or entreat solemnly

 

In a desperate move, the regent adjured each court official "by the living God" to disclose what he knew about the conspiracy.

 

Related English words: adjuration, adjuratory, adjurer, adjuror

 

Latin root words: adiuro, adiurare, adiuravi, adiuratus - to swear in addition, add an oath; iuro, iurare, iuravi, iuratus - to swear 

 

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