Adjuratory

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Pertaining to or containing adjuration; of the nature of an adjuration: as, an adjuratory appeal.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adjective. Containing an adjuration.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adjective. Of or pertaining to an adjuration.
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  • adjective. earnestly or solemnly entreating
  • adjective. containing a solemn charge or command
  • Word Usage
    "After having spent an hour or so with WORDSWORTH'S sonnets I found my head so full of his sonorous adjuratory music that when in the middle of the night I woke as usual -- from three to four is the worst time -- my wooing of reluctant sleep took on a new fashion, and instead of repeating verses I made them."
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