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conjurer

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Etymology

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From Middle English conjurer, from Anglo-Norman conjurour (“conjurer, conspirator”). Equivalent to conjure +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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conjurer (plural conjurers)

  1. One who conjures, a magician.
    • July 18 2012, Scott Tobias, AV Club The Dark Knight Rises[1]
      With his crude potato-sack mask and fear-inducing toxins, The Scarecrow, a “psychopharmacologist” at an insane asylum, acts as a conjurer of nightmares, capable of turning his patients’ most terrifying anxieties against them.
    • c. 1594 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Comedie of Errors”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene iv]:
      His incivility confirms no less. Good Doctor Pinch, you are a conjurer; Establish him in his true sense again, And I will please you what you will demand.
  2. One who performs parlor tricks, sleight of hand.
    • 1893 The man is by trade a conjurer and performer, going round the canteens after nightfall, and giving a little entertainment at each. — Arthur Conan Doyle, "The Adventure of the Crooked Man".
  3. One who conjures; one who calls, entreats, or charges in a solemn manner.
  4. (obsolete, often ironic) One who conjectures shrewdly or judges wisely; a man of sagacity.
    • 1709 April 23 – 1710 January 13 (Gregorian calendar), Isaac Bickerstaff [et al., pseudonyms; Richard Steele et al.], The Tatler, number 17; republished in [Richard Steele], editor, The Tatler, […], London stereotype edition, volume I, London: I. Walker and Co.;  […], 1822, →OCLC:
      Some would be apt to say, he is a Conjurer; for he has found, That a Republick […] is composed of Men only, and not of Horses
      The spelling has been modernized.
  5. A cooking appliance comprising a pot (large or small) with a gridiron wielded beneath it, like a brazier, used for cooking methods such as broiling.

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French

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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conjurer

  1. to beseech, to beg
    Je vous en conjure !
    I beseech you!
  2. to ward off
  3. to conspire, to plot, to conjure
  4. (magic) to conjure

Conjugation

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Conjugation of conjurer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple conjurer
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple conjurant
/kɔ̃.ʒy.ʁɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle conjuré
/kɔ̃.ʒy.ʁe/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present conjure
/kɔ̃.ʒyʁ/ 		conjures
/kɔ̃.ʒyʁ/ 		conjure
/kɔ̃.ʒyʁ/ 		conjurons
/kɔ̃.ʒy.ʁɔ̃/ 		conjurez
/kɔ̃.ʒy.ʁe/ 		conjurent
/kɔ̃.ʒyʁ/
imperfect conjurais
/kɔ̃.ʒy.ʁɛ/ 		conjurais
/kɔ̃.ʒy.ʁɛ/ 		conjurait
/kɔ̃.ʒy.ʁɛ/ 		conjurions
/kɔ̃.ʒy.ʁjɔ̃/ 		conjuriez
/kɔ̃.ʒy.ʁje/ 		conjuraient
/kɔ̃.ʒy.ʁɛ/
past historic2 conjurai
/kɔ̃.ʒy.ʁe/ 		conjuras
/kɔ̃.ʒy.ʁa/ 		conjura
/kɔ̃.ʒy.ʁa/ 		conjurâmes
/kɔ̃.ʒy.ʁam/ 		conjurâtes
/kɔ̃.ʒy.ʁat/ 		conjurèrent
/kɔ̃.ʒy.ʁɛʁ/
future conjurerai
/kɔ̃.ʒy.ʁə.ʁe/ 		conjureras
/kɔ̃.ʒy.ʁə.ʁa/ 		conjurera
/kɔ̃.ʒy.ʁə.ʁa/ 		conjurerons
/kɔ̃.ʒy.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/ 		conjurerez
/kɔ̃.ʒy.ʁə.ʁe/ 		conjureront
/kɔ̃.ʒy.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/
conditional conjurerais
/kɔ̃.ʒy.ʁə.ʁɛ/ 		conjurerais
/kɔ̃.ʒy.ʁə.ʁɛ/ 		conjurerait
/kɔ̃.ʒy.ʁə.ʁɛ/ 		conjurerions
/kɔ̃.ʒy.ʁə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		conjureriez
/kɔ̃.ʒy.ʁə.ʁje/ 		conjureraient
/kɔ̃.ʒy.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 conjure
/kɔ̃.ʒyʁ/ 		conjures
/kɔ̃.ʒyʁ/ 		conjure
/kɔ̃.ʒyʁ/ 		conjurions
/kɔ̃.ʒy.ʁjɔ̃/ 		conjuriez
/kɔ̃.ʒy.ʁje/ 		conjurent
/kɔ̃.ʒyʁ/
imperfect2 conjurasse
/kɔ̃.ʒy.ʁas/ 		conjurasses
/kɔ̃.ʒy.ʁas/ 		conjurât
/kɔ̃.ʒy.ʁa/ 		conjurassions
/kɔ̃.ʒy.ʁa.sjɔ̃/ 		conjurassiez
/kɔ̃.ʒy.ʁa.sje/ 		conjurassent
/kɔ̃.ʒy.ʁas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — conjure
/kɔ̃.ʒyʁ/ 		— conjurons
/kɔ̃.ʒy.ʁɔ̃/ 		conjurez
/kɔ̃.ʒy.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).

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Middle English

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Anglo-Norman conjurour; equivalent to conjuren +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˌkunˈdʒiu̯rɛːr(ə)/, /ˌkunˈdʒiu̯rər(ə)/, /ˈkundʒəˌrɛːr(ə)/, /ˈkundʒərər(ə)/

Noun

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conjurer

  1. conjurer, magician
  2. exorcist

Descendants

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  • English: conjurer, conjuror

References

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Old French

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Verb

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conjurer

  1. to beseech, to beg

Conjugation

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This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

    Conjugation of conjurer (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
simple compound
infinitive conjurer avoir conjuré
gerund en conjurant gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle conjurant
past participle conjuré
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative jo tu il nos vos il
simple
tenses 		present conjur conjures conjure conjurons conjurez conjurent
imperfect conjuroie, conjureie, conjuroe, conjureve conjuroies, conjureies, conjuroes, conjureves conjuroit, conjureit, conjurot, conjureve conjuriiens, conjuriens conjuriiez, conjuriez conjuroient, conjureient, conjuroent, conjurevent
preterite conjurai conjuras conjura conjurames conjurastes conjurerent
future conjurerai conjureras conjurera conjurerons conjureroiz, conjurereiz, conjurerez conjureront
conditional conjureroie, conjurereie conjureroies, conjurereies conjureroit, conjurereit conjureriiens, conjureriens conjureriiez, conjureriez conjureroient, conjurereient
compound
tenses 		present perfect present tense of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect tense of avoir + past participle
past anterior preterite tense of avoir + past participle
future perfect future tense of avoir + past participle
conditional perfect conditional tense of avoir + past participle
subjunctive que jo que tu qu’il que nos que vos qu’il
simple
tenses 		present conjur conjurs conjurt conjurons conjurez conjurent
imperfect conjurasse conjurasses conjurast conjurissons, conjurissiens conjurissoiz, conjurissez, conjurissiez conjurassent
compound
tenses 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nos vos –
— conjure — conjurons conjurez —
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