adjure

verb

Etymology: From Middle English adjuren, from Latin adiūrō (“beg earnestly”), from ad- (“near, at; towards, to”)' + iūrō (“swear by oath”).

1. To issue a formal command.
2. To earnestly appeal to or advise; to charge solemnly.

   “Party members are adjured to promote awareness of this problem.”

   “`Then tell to me, and this great company, the tale whereof I have heard.' Thus adjured, I, in as few words as I could, related the history of the cannibal feast, and of the attempted torture of our poor servant.”