Both Uses of
adjure
in
Hard Times
- Kissing her again, he turned round, drew the coverlet over his head, and lay as still as if that time had come by which she had adjured him.†
Chpt 2.8 *
- Mr. Bounderby, under the influence of this difficult adjuration, backed up by her compassionate eye, could only scratch his head in a feeble and ridiculous manner, and afterwards assert himself at a distance, by being heard to bully the small fry of business all the morning.†
Chpt 2.11
Definition:
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(adjure as in: I adjure you) to appeal earnestly or command solemnly