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Deesis

de'-e-sis Gk. "an entreating, a calling to witness"
Also known as deasis,obsecratio, obtestacio
obtestacion, adjuration

An adjuration or calling to witness; or, the vehement expression of desire put in terms of "for someone's sake" or "for God's sake."

Examples

"For God's sake hold your tongue and let me love..."
—John Donne

I am sure you can think of ruder examples! :)

Acknowledgement

The above information on individual rhetorical techniques is reproduced from the website “Silva Rhetoricae” (www.rhetoric.byu.edu ) under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 licence. Credit for this content lies with Professor Gideon O Burton of Brigham Young University.