adjure vs supplicate

adjure

verb
  • To earnestly appeal to or advise; to charge solemnly. 

  • To issue a formal command. 

supplicate

verb
  • To ask or request (something) humbly and sincerely, especially from a person in authority; to beg or entreat for. 

  • To make a humble request to (a deity or other spiritual being) in a prayer; to entreat as a supplicant. 

  • Of a member of the university, or an alumnus or alumna of another university seeking a degree ad eundem: to formally request that an academic degree be awarded to oneself. 

  • To make a humble request to (someone, especially a person in authority); to beg, to beseech, to entreat. 

  • To humbly request for something, especially to someone in a position of authority; to beg, to beseech, to entreat. 

How often have the words adjure and supplicate occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )