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Adjure vs Adjourn - What's the difference?

adjure | adjourn |

As verbs the difference between adjure and adjourn

is that adjure is while adjourn is to postpone.

adjure

English

Verb

  • To issue a formal command, especially in a legal context.
  • Someone adjured the editor to cease posting silly articles.
  • To earnestly appeal or advise.
  • Party members are adjured to promote awareness of this problem.

    adjourn

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To postpone.
  • The trial was adjourned for a week.
  • To defer; to put off temporarily or indefinitely.
  • * Barrow
  • It is a common practice to adjourn the reformation of their lives to a further time.
  • To end or suspend an event.
  • The court will adjourn for lunch.
  • (intransitive, formal, uncommon) To move from one place to another.
  • After the dinner, we will adjourn to the bar.

    See also

    * adjournment