Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to beacon
Participle: beaconed
Gerund: beaconing
Indicative
Present
| I | beacon |
| you | beacon |
| he;she;it | beacons |
| we | beacon |
| you | beacon |
| they | beacon |
Perfect
| I | have beaconed |
| you | have beaconed |
| he;she;it | has beaconed |
| we | have beaconed |
| you | have beaconed |
| they | have beaconed |
Past
| I | beaconed |
| you | beaconed |
| he;she;it | beaconed |
| we | beaconed |
| you | beaconed |
| they | beaconed |
Pluperfect
| I | had beaconed |
| you | had beaconed |
| he;she;it | had beaconed |
| we | had beaconed |
| you | had beaconed |
| they | had beaconed |
Future
| I | will beacon |
| you | will beacon |
| he;she;it | will beacon |
| we | will beacon |
| you | will beacon |
| they | will beacon |
Future Perfect
| I | will have beaconed |
| you | will have beaconed |
| he;she;it | will have beaconed |
| we | will have beaconed |
| you | will have beaconed |
| they | will have beaconed |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | beacon |
| you | beacon |
| he;she;it | beacon |
| we | beacon |
| you | beacon |
| they | beacon |
Perfect
| I | have beaconed |
| you | have beaconed |
| he;she;it | have beaconed |
| we | have beaconed |
| you | have beaconed |
| they | have beaconed |
Imperfect
| I | beaconed |
| you | beaconed |
| he;she;it | beaconed |
| we | beaconed |
| you | beaconed |
| they | beaconed |
Pluperfect
| I | had beaconed |
| you | had beaconed |
| he;she;it | had beaconed |
| we | had beaconed |
| you | had beaconed |
| they | had beaconed |
Conditional
Present
| I | would beacon |
| you | would beacon |
| he;she;it | would beacon |
| we | would beacon |
| you | would beacon |
| they | would beacon |
Perfect
| I | would have beaconed |
| you | would have beaconed |
| he;she;it | would have beaconed |
| we | would have beaconed |
| you | would have beaconed |
| they | would have beaconed |
Imperative
| you | beacon |
| we | Let's beacon |
| you | beacon |
Verbs conjugated like 'beacon'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'beacon'
deacon,
baton,
beach,
bean,
beckon,
bescorn,
blazon,
decon,
peacen,
reason,
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. From Middle English beken, from Old English bēacn (“sign, signal”), from Proto-West Germanic *baukn, from Proto-Germanic *baukną, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂u-, *bʰeh₂- (“to shine”).
2. Doublet of buoy. Compare West Frisian beaken (“buoy”), Dutch baken (“beacon”), Middle Low German bāke (“beacon, sign”), German Bake (“traffic sign”), Middle High German bouchen (“sign”). See: Dutch '
baken', Middle High German '
bouchen'.
Sample Sentences
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That beacons the darkness of heaven. [1801, Thomas Campbell, Lochiel's Warning:]