adjurer

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ad·jure

(ə-jo͝or′)

tr.v. ad·jured, ad·jur·ing, ad·jures

1. To command or enjoin solemnly, as under oath: "adjuring her in the name of God to declare the truth" (Increase Mather).

2. To appeal to or entreat earnestly.

[Middle English adjuren, from Latin adiūrāre, to swear to : ad-, ad- + iūrāre, to swear; see yewes- in Indo-European roots.]

ad·jur′er, ad·ju′ror n.

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HAARO will resume its work next week to examine notably the final lists of the "adjurers," i.e., persons who had called on the ousted president to bid for the 2014 Presidential election and amended version of the law on political parties.