Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to bit
Participle: bitted
Gerund: bitting
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | bit |
| you | bit |
| he;she;it | bits |
| we | bit |
| you | bit |
| they | bit |
Perfect
| I | have bitted |
| you | have bitted |
| he;she;it | has bitted |
| we | have bitted |
| you | have bitted |
| they | have bitted |
Past
| I | bitted |
| you | bitted |
| he;she;it | bitted |
| we | bitted |
| you | bitted |
| they | bitted |
Pluperfect
| I | had bitted |
| you | had bitted |
| he;she;it | had bitted |
| we | had bitted |
| you | had bitted |
| they | had bitted |
Future
| I | will bit |
| you | will bit |
| he;she;it | will bit |
| we | will bit |
| you | will bit |
| they | will bit |
Future Perfect
| I | will have bitted |
| you | will have bitted |
| he;she;it | will have bitted |
| we | will have bitted |
| you | will have bitted |
| they | will have bitted |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | bit |
| you | bit |
| he;she;it | bit |
| we | bit |
| you | bit |
| they | bit |
Perfect
| I | have bitted |
| you | have bitted |
| he;she;it | have bitted |
| we | have bitted |
| you | have bitted |
| they | have bitted |
Imperfect
| I | bitted |
| you | bitted |
| he;she;it | bitted |
| we | bitted |
| you | bitted |
| they | bitted |
Pluperfect
| I | had bitted |
| you | had bitted |
| he;she;it | had bitted |
| we | had bitted |
| you | had bitted |
| they | had bitted |
Conditional
Present
| I | would bit |
| you | would bit |
| he;she;it | would bit |
| we | would bit |
| you | would bit |
| they | would bit |
Perfect
| I | would have bitted |
| you | would have bitted |
| he;she;it | would have bitted |
| we | would have bitted |
| you | would have bitted |
| they | would have bitted |
Imperative
| you | bit |
| we | Let's bit |
| you | bit |
Verbs conjugated like 'bit'
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 'bit'
bait,
bat,
bet,
bib,
bid,
big,
bin,
bip,
bite,
bitt,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. related O.E. words bite "act of biting," and bita "piece bitten off," are probably the source of the modern words meaning "boring-piece of a drill" (1594), "mouthpiece of a horse's bridle" (c.1340), and "a piece bitten off, morsel" (c.1000). All from P.Gmc. *biton, from PIE base *bheid- "to split" (see fissure). Meaning "small piece, fragment" is from 1606. Theatrical bit part is from 1926. Money sense in two bits, six bits, etc. is originally from Southern U.S. and West Indies, in ref. to silver wedges cut or stamped from Sp. dollars (later Mexican reals); transferred to "eighth of a dollar."
2. From Middle English bitte, bite, from Old English bita (“bit; fragment; morsel”) and bite (“a bite; cut”), from Proto-Germanic *bitô and *bitiz; both from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeyd- (“to split”). More at bite.
3. Cognates
4. Cognate with West Frisian bit, Saterland Frisian Bit, Dutch bit, German Low German Beet, Biet, German Biss and Bissen, Danish bid, Swedish bit, Icelandic biti.
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