to order or try to persuade someone to do something adjure sb to do sth (adjurare, from ad- + jurare )
To charge, bind, or command, solemnly, as if under oath, or under the penalty of a curse; to appeal to in the most solemn or impressive manner; to entreat earnestly
a solemn appeal whereby one person imposes on another the obligation of speaking or acting as if under an oath (1 Sam 14: 24; Josh 6: 26; 1 Kings 22: 16)
A command used to constrain a spirit to consistent visible appearance or truthful answers to ones questions The term comes from the Latin "adjurare," meaning, "to swear An adjuration may call upon divine names or higher spirits to enforce the will of the user Compare Exorcism