hearten – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of hearten

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to hearten
Participle: heartened
Gerund: heartening

Cognates

-

Indicative

Present

Ihearten
youhearten
he;she;itheartens
wehearten
youhearten
theyhearten

Perfect

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

Past

Iheartened
youheartened
he;she;itheartened
weheartened
youheartened
theyheartened

Pluperfect

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

Future

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

Future Perfect

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

Subjunctive

Present

Ihearten
youhearten
he;she;ithearten
wehearten
youhearten
theyhearten

Perfect

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

Imperfect

Iheartened
youheartened
he;she;itheartened
weheartened
youheartened
theyheartened

Pluperfect

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

Conditional

Present

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

Perfect

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

Imperative

youhearten
weLet's hearten
youhearten

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

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

Perfect

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

Past

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

Pluperfect

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

Future

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

Future Perfect

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

Conditional

Present

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

Perfect

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

Other

Verbs conjugated like 'hearten'

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 'hearten'

harten, hearken, heaten, enhearten, harden, harken, hasten, healthen, hearse, heart,

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

encourage
animate, cheer, inspire, gladden, rouse, inspirit

Antonyms

encourage
discourage, dishearten, dissuade, deter

Additional Information

Phrasal Verbs

Etymology

1. Etymology tree
2. Proto-Indo-European *ḱerd-
3. Proto-Indo-European *ḱérd
4. Proto-Germanic *hertô
5. Proto-West Germanic *hertā
6. Old English heorte
7. Middle English herte
8. English heart
9. English -en
10. English hearten
11. From heart + -en. Compare lose heart.

Sample Sentences

  • hearten the crowd
  • News of the recovery helped to hearten the family.
  • The soldiers were heartened by the general’s speech.