enlist – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of enlist

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to enlist
Participle: enlisted
Gerund: enlisting

Cognates

-

Indicative

Present

Ienlist
youenlist
he;she;itenlists
weenlist
youenlist
theyenlist

Perfect

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

Past

Ienlisted
youenlisted
he;she;itenlisted
weenlisted
youenlisted
theyenlisted

Pluperfect

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

Future

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

Future Perfect

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

Subjunctive

Present

Ienlist
youenlist
he;she;itenlist
weenlist
youenlist
theyenlist

Perfect

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

Imperfect

Ienlisted
youenlisted
he;she;itenlisted
weenlisted
youenlisted
theyenlisted

Pluperfect

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

Conditional

Present

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

Perfect

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

Imperative

youenlist
weLet's enlist
youenlist

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

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

Perfect

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

Past

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

Pluperfect

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

Future

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

Future Perfect

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

Conditional

Present

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

Perfect

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

Other

Verbs conjugated like 'enlist'

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 'enlist'

enmist, inlist, unlist, delist, ellipt, enbliss, encise, encyst, endict, engift,

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

enter in a register
enroll, register
add to an existing catalogue
catalogue
to gain possession of something
accept, acquire, attain, cop, gain, garner, get, get hold of, get one's hands on, land, lay hands on, lay hold of, obtain, procure, receive, score, secure, snag, take, win
add to a list or register
enscroll
to enter on a list
catalogue, enroll, enscroll, put down, put on, register, tabulate
secure
engage, recruit, draft, hire, obtain, procure, induce, appoint

Antonyms

to enter on a list
delist, deregister, disenroll, score off, unregister
To eliminate duplicates from a list.
uniquify
To remove something from a list.
unlist
secure
unstable, unsure, loose, unloose

Additional Information

Phrasal Verbs

Etymology

1. Etymology tree
2. Proto-Indo-European *h₁én
3. Proto-Italic *en
4. Proto-Italic *en-
5. Latin in-
6. Old French en-bor.
7. Middle English en-
8. English en-
9. English list
10. English enlist
11. From en- + list.

Sample Sentences

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