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# The BFD Word of the Day
- URL: https://goodoil.news/the-bfd-word-of-the-day-1012/
- Published: 2022-11-06T17:15:00.000Z
- Updated: 2022-09-04T18:19:15.000Z
- Author: David Theobald
- Tags: General, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-07-16 22:48

The word for today is…

adjure (verb):

1 : to command solemnly under or as if under oath or penalty of a curse  
2 : to urge or advise earnestly

Source :[ Merriam -Webster](https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/adjure?ref=goodoil.news)

Etymology :Adjure comes, by way of Anglo-French, from the Latin verb adjurure, which means “to affirm with an oath” or “to swear.” The root of adjurare is jurare, which means “to swear”; that word is also the source of jury (“a body of persons sworn to give a verdict on some matter submitted to them”) and juror (“a member of a jury”). In English, “to adjure” can mean to command someone as if under oath or the penalty of a curse, but the word is more commonly used in the sense of “to urge or advise earnestly,” and is synonymous with the somewhat more familiar verbs entreat, importune, and implore.

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