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adjoint
adjourn
adjournment debate
Adjt.
adjudge
adjudicate
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adjure
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adjure
ad·jure [ ə jr ] (past and past participle ad·jured, present participle ad·jur·ing, 3rd person present singular ad·jures)


transitive verb 
Definition:
 
1. command solemnly: to order somebody to do something, especially under oath
2. make appeal: to make an earnest appeal to somebody
[14th century. < Latin adjurare "swear by oath" < jurare "swear" (see jury)]

ad·ju·ra·tion [ àjjə ráysh'n ] noun
ad·jur·er noun
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