dowse – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of dowse

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to dowse
Participle: dowsed
Gerund: dowsing

Cognates

-

Indicative

Present

I	dowse
you	dowse
he;she;it	dowses
we	dowse
you	dowse
they	dowse

Perfect

I	have dowsed
you	have dowsed
he;she;it	has dowsed
we	have dowsed
you	have dowsed
they	have dowsed

Past

I	dowsed
you	dowsed
he;she;it	dowsed
we	dowsed
you	dowsed
they	dowsed

Pluperfect

I	had dowsed
you	had dowsed
he;she;it	had dowsed
we	had dowsed
you	had dowsed
they	had dowsed

Future

I	will dowse
you	will dowse
he;she;it	will dowse
we	will dowse
you	will dowse
they	will dowse

Future Perfect

I	will have dowsed
you	will have dowsed
he;she;it	will have dowsed
we	will have dowsed
you	will have dowsed
they	will have dowsed

Subjunctive

Present

I	dowse
you	dowse
he;she;it	dowse
we	dowse
you	dowse
they	dowse

Perfect

I	have dowsed
you	have dowsed
he;she;it	have dowsed
we	have dowsed
you	have dowsed
they	have dowsed

Imperfect

I	dowsed
you	dowsed
he;she;it	dowsed
we	dowsed
you	dowsed
they	dowsed

Pluperfect

I	had dowsed
you	had dowsed
he;she;it	had dowsed
we	had dowsed
you	had dowsed
they	had dowsed

Conditional

Present

I	would dowse
you	would dowse
he;she;it	would dowse
we	would dowse
you	would dowse
they	would dowse

Perfect

I	would have dowsed
you	would have dowsed
he;she;it	would have dowsed
we	would have dowsed
you	would have dowsed
they	would have dowsed

Imperative

you	dowse
we	Let's dowse
you	dowse

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

I	am dowsing
you	are dowsing
he;she;it	is dowsing
we	are dowsing
you	are dowsing
they	are dowsing

Perfect

I	have been dowsing
you	have been dowsing
he;she;it	has been dowsing
we	have been dowsing
you	have been dowsing
they	have been dowsing

Past

I	was dowsing
you	were dowsing
he;she;it	was dowsing
we	were dowsing
you	were dowsing
they	were dowsing

Pluperfect

I	had been dowsing
you	had been dowsing
he;she;it	had been dowsing
we	had been dowsing
you	had been dowsing
they	had been dowsing

Future

I	will be dowsing
you	will be dowsing
he;she;it	will be dowsing
we	will be dowsing
you	will be dowsing
they	will be dowsing

Future Perfect

I	will have been dowsing
you	will have been dowsing
he;she;it	will have been dowsing
we	will have been dowsing
you	will have been dowsing
they	will have been dowsing

Conditional

Present

I	would be dowsing
you	would be dowsing
he;she;it	would be dowsing
we	would be dowsing
you	would be dowsing
they	would be dowsing

Perfect

I	would have been dowsing
you	would have been dowsing
he;she;it	would have been dowsing
we	would have been dowsing
you	would have been dowsing
they	would have been dowsing

Other

Verbs conjugated like 'dowse'

abacinate, abalienate, abase, abate, abbreviate, abdicate, abduce, aberrate, aberuncate, abirritate, abjudge, abjudicate, abjugate, abjure, ablactate, ablaqueate, able, ablegate, abligate, abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)

Verbs similar to 'dowse'

bowse, dose, douse, drowse, sowse, towse, boose, bose, bouse, bowe,

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

to administer a physical blow: bang, baste, batter, beat, belabor, blow, boom-boom, buffet, butt, dab, dash, fetch one a blow, flap, give toco, hammer, hit, kick, knock, lunge, pat, patter, pelt, pink, poke, pound, pummel, punch, rap, slam, slap, strike, swap, tap, thrash, thump, thwack, whack, whip, yerk

Additional Information

Phrasal Verbs

Etymology

Unknown; originally a dialectal term from southern England.

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