adjurer

English

Alternative forms

• adjuror

Etymology

adjure +‎ -er

Noun

adjurer (plural adjurers)

1. One who adjures.

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin adiūrāre.

Pronunciation

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Verb

adjurer

1. to implore

Conjugation

Conjugation of adjurer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	adjurer
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	adjurant /a.dʒy.ʁɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		adjuré /a.dʒy.ʁe/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	adjure /a.dʒyʁ/	adjures /a.dʒyʁ/	adjure /a.dʒyʁ/	adjurons /a.dʒy.ʁɔ̃/	adjurez /a.dʒy.ʁe/	adjurent /a.dʒyʁ/
	imperfect	adjurais /a.dʒy.ʁɛ/	adjurais /a.dʒy.ʁɛ/	adjurait /a.dʒy.ʁɛ/	adjurions /a.dʒy.ʁjɔ̃/	adjuriez /a.dʒy.ʁje/	adjuraient /a.dʒy.ʁɛ/
	past historic2	adjurai /a.dʒy.ʁe/	adjuras /a.dʒy.ʁa/	adjura /a.dʒy.ʁa/	adjurâmes /a.dʒy.ʁam/	adjurâtes /a.dʒy.ʁat/	adjurèrent /a.dʒy.ʁɛʁ/
	future	adjurerai /a.dʒy.ʁə.ʁe/	adjureras /a.dʒy.ʁə.ʁa/	adjurera /a.dʒy.ʁə.ʁa/	adjurerons /a.dʒy.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/	adjurerez /a.dʒy.ʁə.ʁe/	adjureront /a.dʒy.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	adjurerais /a.dʒy.ʁə.ʁɛ/	adjurerais /a.dʒy.ʁə.ʁɛ/	adjurerait /a.dʒy.ʁə.ʁɛ/	adjurerions /a.dʒy.ʁə.ʁjɔ̃/	adjureriez /a.dʒy.ʁə.ʁje/	adjureraient /a.dʒy.ʁə.ʁɛ/
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
	past anterior2	past historic of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	que nous	que vous	qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple tenses)	present	adjure /a.dʒyʁ/	adjures /a.dʒyʁ/	adjure /a.dʒyʁ/	adjurions /a.dʒy.ʁjɔ̃/	adjuriez /a.dʒy.ʁje/	adjurent /a.dʒyʁ/
	imperfect2	adjurasse /a.dʒy.ʁas/	adjurasses /a.dʒy.ʁas/	adjurât /a.dʒy.ʁa/	adjurassions /a.dʒy.ʁa.sjɔ̃/	adjurassiez /a.dʒy.ʁa.sje/	adjurassent /a.dʒy.ʁas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	adjure /a.dʒyʁ/	—	adjurons /a.dʒy.ʁɔ̃/	adjurez /a.dʒy.ʁe/	—
compound		—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way: past historic → present perfect past anterior → pluperfect imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Further reading

• “adjurer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.