Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to courb
Participle: courbed
Gerund: courbing
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | courb |
| you | courb |
| he;she;it | courbs |
| we | courb |
| you | courb |
| they | courb |
Perfect
| I | have courbed |
| you | have courbed |
| he;she;it | has courbed |
| we | have courbed |
| you | have courbed |
| they | have courbed |
Past
| I | courbed |
| you | courbed |
| he;she;it | courbed |
| we | courbed |
| you | courbed |
| they | courbed |
Pluperfect
| I | had courbed |
| you | had courbed |
| he;she;it | had courbed |
| we | had courbed |
| you | had courbed |
| they | had courbed |
Future
| I | will courb |
| you | will courb |
| he;she;it | will courb |
| we | will courb |
| you | will courb |
| they | will courb |
Future Perfect
| I | will have courbed |
| you | will have courbed |
| he;she;it | will have courbed |
| we | will have courbed |
| you | will have courbed |
| they | will have courbed |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | courb |
| you | courb |
| he;she;it | courb |
| we | courb |
| you | courb |
| they | courb |
Perfect
| I | have courbed |
| you | have courbed |
| he;she;it | have courbed |
| we | have courbed |
| you | have courbed |
| they | have courbed |
Imperfect
| I | courbed |
| you | courbed |
| he;she;it | courbed |
| we | courbed |
| you | courbed |
| they | courbed |
Pluperfect
| I | had courbed |
| you | had courbed |
| he;she;it | had courbed |
| we | had courbed |
| you | had courbed |
| they | had courbed |
Conditional
Present
| I | would courb |
| you | would courb |
| he;she;it | would courb |
| we | would courb |
| you | would courb |
| they | would courb |
Perfect
| I | would have courbed |
| you | would have courbed |
| he;she;it | would have courbed |
| we | would have courbed |
| you | would have courbed |
| they | would have courbed |
Imperative
| you | courb |
| we | Let's courb |
| you | courb |
Verbs conjugated like 'courb'
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 'courb'
coure,
court,
curb,
blurb,
bourd,
churn,
churr,
clour,
club,
cob,
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From Middle English courben, from Middle French courber, from Latin curvō. Doublet of curb. See: Latin '
curvō'.
Sample Sentences
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Thanne I courbed on my knees · and cryed hir of grace. [c. 1385, William Langland, Piers Plowman, section I:]
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Sallys may also be propagated like Vines, by courbing, and bowing them in Arches. [1664, John Evelyn, Sylva:]