Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to letter
Participle: lettered
Gerund: lettering
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | letter |
| you | letter |
| he;she;it | letters |
| we | letter |
| you | letter |
| they | letter |
Perfect
| I | have lettered |
| you | have lettered |
| he;she;it | has lettered |
| we | have lettered |
| you | have lettered |
| they | have lettered |
Past
| I | lettered |
| you | lettered |
| he;she;it | lettered |
| we | lettered |
| you | lettered |
| they | lettered |
Pluperfect
| I | had lettered |
| you | had lettered |
| he;she;it | had lettered |
| we | had lettered |
| you | had lettered |
| they | had lettered |
Future
| I | will letter |
| you | will letter |
| he;she;it | will letter |
| we | will letter |
| you | will letter |
| they | will letter |
Future Perfect
| I | will have lettered |
| you | will have lettered |
| he;she;it | will have lettered |
| we | will have lettered |
| you | will have lettered |
| they | will have lettered |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | letter |
| you | letter |
| he;she;it | letter |
| we | letter |
| you | letter |
| they | letter |
Perfect
| I | have lettered |
| you | have lettered |
| he;she;it | have lettered |
| we | have lettered |
| you | have lettered |
| they | have lettered |
Imperfect
| I | lettered |
| you | lettered |
| he;she;it | lettered |
| we | lettered |
| you | lettered |
| they | lettered |
Pluperfect
| I | had lettered |
| you | had lettered |
| he;she;it | had lettered |
| we | had lettered |
| you | had lettered |
| they | had lettered |
Conditional
Present
| I | would letter |
| you | would letter |
| he;she;it | would letter |
| we | would letter |
| you | would letter |
| they | would letter |
Perfect
| I | would have lettered |
| you | would have lettered |
| he;she;it | would have lettered |
| we | would have lettered |
| you | would have lettered |
| they | would have lettered |
Imperative
| you | letter |
| we | Let's letter |
| you | letter |
Verbs conjugated like 'letter'
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 'letter'
better,
fetter,
getter,
lette,
litter,
setter,
tetter,
atter,
batter,
beletter,
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From Middle English letter, lettre, from Old French letre, from Latin littera (“letter of the alphabet"; in plural, "epistle”). Displaced Old English bōcstæf (literally “book staff”) in sense 1 and ǣrendġewrit (literally “message writing”) in sense 2.
Sample Sentences
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I think Mom lettered in shot put her junior year. [1992 September 23, Bill Watterson, Calvin & Hobbes:]