Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to spur
Participle: spurred
Gerund: spurring
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | spur |
| you | spur |
| he;she;it | spurs |
| we | spur |
| you | spur |
| they | spur |
Perfect
| I | have spurred |
| you | have spurred |
| he;she;it | has spurred |
| we | have spurred |
| you | have spurred |
| they | have spurred |
Past
| I | spurred |
| you | spurred |
| he;she;it | spurred |
| we | spurred |
| you | spurred |
| they | spurred |
Pluperfect
| I | had spurred |
| you | had spurred |
| he;she;it | had spurred |
| we | had spurred |
| you | had spurred |
| they | had spurred |
Future
| I | will spur |
| you | will spur |
| he;she;it | will spur |
| we | will spur |
| you | will spur |
| they | will spur |
Future Perfect
| I | will have spurred |
| you | will have spurred |
| he;she;it | will have spurred |
| we | will have spurred |
| you | will have spurred |
| they | will have spurred |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | spur |
| you | spur |
| he;she;it | spur |
| we | spur |
| you | spur |
| they | spur |
Perfect
| I | have spurred |
| you | have spurred |
| he;she;it | have spurred |
| we | have spurred |
| you | have spurred |
| they | have spurred |
Imperfect
| I | spurred |
| you | spurred |
| he;she;it | spurred |
| we | spurred |
| you | spurred |
| they | spurred |
Pluperfect
| I | had spurred |
| you | had spurred |
| he;she;it | had spurred |
| we | had spurred |
| you | had spurred |
| they | had spurred |
Conditional
Present
| I | would spur |
| you | would spur |
| he;she;it | would spur |
| we | would spur |
| you | would spur |
| they | would spur |
Perfect
| I | would have spurred |
| you | would have spurred |
| he;she;it | would have spurred |
| we | would have spurred |
| you | would have spurred |
| they | would have spurred |
Imperative
| you | spur |
| we | Let's spur |
| you | spur |
Verbs conjugated like 'spur'
abet,
abhor,
abut,
acquit,
admit,
affrap,
allot,
alum,
amel,
amit,
anagram,
anvil,
apparel,
aret,
arret,
assot,
astun,
attrap,
augur,
avel, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'spur'
pur,
scur,
slur,
smur,
sour,
spar,
spud,
spurn,
spurt,
stur,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- to encourage or persuade into action; to bring about a reaction
- abet, actuate, bring about, encourage, engender, evoke, excite, foment, goad, grill, impel, incite, induce, instigate, invoke, motivate, move, prompt, provoke, rouse, set off, stir, stir up, urge, whip up
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From Middle English spure, spore, from Old English spora, spura, from Proto-West Germanic *spurō, from Proto-Germanic *spurô, from Proto-Indo-European *sperH- (“to kick”).Verbs referencing "spur"
Maori kipa.
Sample Sentences
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What a situation, now, for a patriotic senator, that had been all the week before spurring up the legislature of his native state to pass more stringent resolutions against escaping fugitives, their harborers and abettors !
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)