Adjure vs Adjourn - What's the difference?
adjure | adjourn |
To issue a formal command, especially in a legal context.
To earnestly appeal or advise.
To postpone.
To defer; to put off temporarily or indefinitely.
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To end or suspend an event.
(intransitive, formal, uncommon) To move from one place to another.
As verbs the difference between adjure and adjourn
is that adjure is while adjourn is to postpone.adjure
English
Verb
- Someone adjured the editor to cease posting silly articles.
- Party members are adjured to promote awareness of this problem.
adjourn
English
Verb
(en verb)- The trial was adjourned for a week.
- It is a common practice to adjourn the reformation of their lives to a further time.
- The court will adjourn for lunch.
- After the dinner, we will adjourn to the bar.
