foray – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of foray

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to foray
Participle: forayed
Gerund: foraying

Cognates

-

Indicative

Present

Iforay
youforay
he;she;itforays
weforay
youforay
theyforay

Perfect

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

Past

Iforayed
youforayed
he;she;itforayed
weforayed
youforayed
theyforayed

Pluperfect

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

Future

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

Future Perfect

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

Subjunctive

Present

Iforay
youforay
he;she;itforay
weforay
youforay
theyforay

Perfect

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

Imperfect

Iforayed
youforayed
he;she;itforayed
weforayed
youforayed
theyforayed

Pluperfect

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

Conditional

Present

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

Perfect

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

Imperative

youforay
weLet's foray
youforay

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

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

Perfect

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

Past

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

Pluperfect

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

Future

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

Future Perfect

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

Conditional

Present

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

Perfect

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

Other

Verbs conjugated like 'foray'

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 'foray'

forlay, formay, forray, forsay, forway, fray, abray, affray, array, atray,

Synonyms & Antonyms

Additional Information

Phrasal Verbs

Etymology

1. 1375, Scottish back-formation of forreyer "raider, forager," from O.Fr. forrier, from forrer "to forage," related to fuerre "fodder" (see forage).
2. From Middle English forrayen (“to pillage”), a back-formation of forrayour, forreour, forrier (“raider, pillager”), from Old French forrier, fourrier, a derivative of fuerre (“provender, fodder, straw”), from Frankish *fōdar (“fodder, sheath”), from Proto-Germanic *fōdrą (“fodder, feed, sheath”), from Proto-Indo-European *patrom (“fodder”), *pat- (“to feed”), *pāy- (“to guard, graze, feed”).
3. Cognate with Old High German fuotar (German Futter (“fodder, feed”)), Old English fōdor, fōþer (“food, fodder, covering, case, basket”), Dutch voeder (“forage, food, feed”), Danish foder (“fodder, feed”), Icelandic fóður (“fodder, sheath”). More at fodder, food, forage.

Verbs referencing "foray"

Welsh fforio.

Sample Sentences

  • The people of Granada resumed all at once their ancient activity, foraying into the Christian territories, surprising Alhendin and some other places of less importance, and stirring up the spirit of revolt in Guadix and other conquered cities. [1837, William Hickling Prescott, History of the Reign of Ferdinand and Isabella, the Catholic:]
  • "It seems as though I have lived this life always. The world of books and bookish folk is very vague, more like a dream memory than an actuality. I surely have hunted and forayed and fought all the days of my life. And you, too, seem a part of it. You are -- " I was on the verge of saying, "my woman, my mate," but glibly changed it to -- "standing the hardship well." [1904, Jack London, chapter 30, in The Sea-Wolf (Macmillan’s Standard Library), New York, N.Y.: Grosset & Dunlap, →OCLC:]
  • Over the summer, I'd been following the news cycle, foraying into online journalism, and I wrote a couple of pieces on male victims of sexual violence, who are often left to the margins or forgotten altogether in feminist accounts of rape culture. [2018, Abigail Rine Favale, Into the Deep:]
  • He bad to open wyde his brazen gate,
  • Which long time had bene shut, and out of hond
  • Proclaymed joy and peace through all his state;
  • For dead now was their foe which them forrayed late. [1590, Edward Spenser, The Faerie Queene:]
  • Bruce forayed Cumberland, and threatened Berwick, so that the poor Countess of Buchan was removed from thence to a more secure place of captivity. [1857, Charlotte Mary Yonge, Cameos from English History, from Rollo to Edward II:]