All 4 Uses of
adjure
in
Bleak House
- It was plain enough that Mr. Jarndyce had not been neglectful of the adjuration.†
Chpt 4-6 *
- But they have something to say, likewise, of the Harmonic Meeting at the Sol's Arms, where the sound of the piano through the partly opened windows jingles out into the court, and where Little Swills, after keeping the lovers of harmony in a roar like a very Yorick, may now be heard taking the gruff line in a concerted piece and sentimentally adjuring his friends and patrons to "Listen, listen, listen, tew the wa-ter fall!"†
Chpt 31-33
- After two or three such adjurations, Jo lifts up his head again, looks round the court again, and says in a low voice, "Well, I'll tell you something.†
Chpt 46-48
- "If I have not," pursues Sir Leicester, "in the most emphatic manner, adjured you, officer, to exercise your utmost skill in this atrocious case, I particularly desire to take the present opportunity of rectifying any omission I may have made.†
Chpt 52-54
Definition:
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(adjure as in: I adjure you) to appeal earnestly or command solemnly