besleep – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of besleep

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to besleep
Participle: beslept
Gerund: besleeping

Cognates

See the 2 cognates of besleep

Indicative

Present

Ibesleep
youbesleep
he;she;itbesleeps
webesleep
youbesleep
theybesleep

Perfect

Ihave beslept
youhave beslept
he;she;ithas beslept
wehave beslept
youhave beslept
theyhave beslept

Past

Ibeslept
youbeslept
he;she;itbeslept
webeslept
youbeslept
theybeslept

Pluperfect

Ihad beslept
youhad beslept
he;she;ithad beslept
wehad beslept
youhad beslept
theyhad beslept

Future

Iwill besleep
youwill besleep
he;she;itwill besleep
wewill besleep
youwill besleep
theywill besleep

Future Perfect

Iwill have beslept
youwill have beslept
he;she;itwill have beslept
wewill have beslept
youwill have beslept
theywill have beslept

Subjunctive

Present

Ibesleep
youbesleep
he;she;itbesleep
webesleep
youbesleep
theybesleep

Perfect

Ihave beslept
youhave beslept
he;she;ithave beslept
wehave beslept
youhave beslept
theyhave beslept

Imperfect

Ibeslept
youbeslept
he;she;itbeslept
webeslept
youbeslept
theybeslept

Pluperfect

Ihad beslept
youhad beslept
he;she;ithad beslept
wehad beslept
youhad beslept
theyhad beslept

Conditional

Present

Iwould besleep
youwould besleep
he;she;itwould besleep
wewould besleep
youwould besleep
theywould besleep

Perfect

Iwould have beslept
youwould have beslept
he;she;itwould have beslept
wewould have beslept
youwould have beslept
theywould have beslept

Imperative

youbesleep
weLet's besleep
youbesleep

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

Iam besleeping
youare besleeping
he;she;itis besleeping
weare besleeping
youare besleeping
theyare besleeping

Perfect

Ihave been besleeping
youhave been besleeping
he;she;ithas been besleeping
wehave been besleeping
youhave been besleeping
theyhave been besleeping

Past

Iwas besleeping
youwere besleeping
he;she;itwas besleeping
wewere besleeping
youwere besleeping
theywere besleeping

Pluperfect

Ihad been besleeping
youhad been besleeping
he;she;ithad been besleeping
wehad been besleeping
youhad been besleeping
theyhad been besleeping

Future

Iwill be besleeping
youwill be besleeping
he;she;itwill be besleeping
wewill be besleeping
youwill be besleeping
theywill be besleeping

Future Perfect

Iwill have been besleeping
youwill have been besleeping
he;she;itwill have been besleeping
wewill have been besleeping
youwill have been besleeping
theywill have been besleeping

Conditional

Present

Iwould be besleeping
youwould be besleeping
he;she;itwould be besleeping
wewould be besleeping
youwould be besleeping
theywould be besleeping

Perfect

Iwould have been besleeping
youwould have been besleeping
he;she;itwould have been besleeping
wewould have been besleeping
youwould have been besleeping
theywould have been besleeping

Other

Verbs conjugated like 'besleep'

creep, feel, keep, lose, oversleep, sleep, sweep, weep, becreep, besleep, book-keep, bookkeep, cosleep, downsweep, foreweep, forsleep, gatekeep, housekeep, increep, kape, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)

Verbs similar to 'besleep'

bebleed, becreep, beflee, beleap, belee, besee, beseek, beseem, beslap, besleeve,

Synonyms & Antonyms

Additional Information

Phrasal Verbs

Etymology

From Middle English beslepen, from Old English beslǣpan (“to sleep, sleep through, sleep over”), equivalent to be- + sleep. Compare West Frisian besliepe (“to sleep with”), Dutch beslapen (“to sleep with”), German beschlafen (“to lay with”). See: Dutch 'beslapen', German, old spelling 'beschlafen'.

Sample Sentences

  • Others are going about our streets, like well-meaning but beslept watchmen, calling the hours of midnight, while the morning is paling their lanterns. [1859, George Gilfillan, The poets and poetry of the Bible:]
  • He still beslept himself as we passed; he being a slumbersome person. [1926, Blanche Colton Williams, Best American stories:]
  • He knows the last but whom the god beslept. [1973, Georg Peter Landmann, Stefan George in fremden Sprachen:]