Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to arch
Participle: arched
Gerund: arching
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | arch |
| you | arch |
| he;she;it | arches |
| we | arch |
| you | arch |
| they | arch |
Perfect
| I | have arched |
| you | have arched |
| he;she;it | has arched |
| we | have arched |
| you | have arched |
| they | have arched |
Past
| I | arched |
| you | arched |
| he;she;it | arched |
| we | arched |
| you | arched |
| they | arched |
Pluperfect
| I | had arched |
| you | had arched |
| he;she;it | had arched |
| we | had arched |
| you | had arched |
| they | had arched |
Future
| I | will arch |
| you | will arch |
| he;she;it | will arch |
| we | will arch |
| you | will arch |
| they | will arch |
Future Perfect
| I | will have arched |
| you | will have arched |
| he;she;it | will have arched |
| we | will have arched |
| you | will have arched |
| they | will have arched |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | arch |
| you | arch |
| he;she;it | arch |
| we | arch |
| you | arch |
| they | arch |
Perfect
| I | have arched |
| you | have arched |
| he;she;it | have arched |
| we | have arched |
| you | have arched |
| they | have arched |
Imperfect
| I | arched |
| you | arched |
| he;she;it | arched |
| we | arched |
| you | arched |
| they | arched |
Pluperfect
| I | had arched |
| you | had arched |
| he;she;it | had arched |
| we | had arched |
| you | had arched |
| they | had arched |
Conditional
Present
| I | would arch |
| you | would arch |
| he;she;it | would arch |
| we | would arch |
| you | would arch |
| they | would arch |
Perfect
| I | would have arched |
| you | would have arched |
| he;she;it | would have arched |
| we | would have arched |
| you | would have arched |
| they | would have arched |
Imperative
| you | arch |
| we | Let's arch |
| you | arch |
Verbs conjugated like 'arch'
abash,
abolish,
abroach,
accomplish,
accroach,
address,
admix,
admonish,
ado,
adpress,
affamish,
affix,
alloo,
amass,
ambush,
anguish,
annex,
appeach,
appears,
approach, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'arch'
march,
parch,
aah,
ace,
ache,
act,
ah,
ahh,
arace,
arb,
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. 1297, from O.Fr. arche "arch of a bridge," from L. arcus (see arc). Replaced native bow. Transferred 1590 to anything having this form (eyebrows, etc.). The verb meaning "to curve" is from 1625. Archway is from 1802.
2. Etymology tree
3. Proto-Indo-European *h₂erkʷ-
4. Proto-Indo-European *h₂erkʷos
5. Proto-Italic *arkuos
6. Latin arcus
7. Old French arc
8. Old French archebor.
9. Middle English arch
10. English arch
11. From Middle English arch, arche, from Old French arche (“an arch”), a feminine form of arc, from Latin arcus (“a bow, arc, arch”). Doublet of arc and arco. Displaced native Old English bīeġels and Old English hwealf.
Sample Sentences
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The cat arched its back.
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GBR will either be letting operating contracts or running rail companies directly, depending on which party wins the next General Election. Whichever it is, you can be forgiven for arching an eyebrow at an infrastructure company being placed in overall control. [2024 March 6, Philip Haigh, “Comment: Who will run our railways?”, in RAIL, number 1004, page 3:]